10. Views of Baghdad - Turkish Cavalry Barracks

Views of Mesopotamia, ca. 1917-1919 / J.H. Brier

1. A.W.S. No. 7 Station Chaldry - Rest Camp Basra - A.W.S. No. 12 Station Weli-Abbas - Horse lines, Chaldary - HQ 7th Cav Bde, Chaldary

2. Three views of ...? Mosque, Baghdad - Two views of Esra's Tomb

3. Baghdad. On the way to the races - Saddling paddock - Bandstand - Getting ready to start - Hambis Steeplechase won by `Australia Jane'

4. Indian Transport Gharrys, Baghdad - S. Battlion R.H.A. with General Townsend, escaped from hut before being surrounded by Turks - Water wagon - Caterpillar tractor for hauling guns

5. Four sides of an Arab irrigation plant near Baghdad

6. Ruins of Babylon

7. Christian Tomb in Baghdad looted by Arabs - Babylon Palace [ruins] - Garden of Eden - Ruins of Babylon - A rest on the top of the Babylonian Lion

8. Views of Baghdad

9. Views of Baghdad

11. Views and street scenes of Baghdad

12. Views and street scenes of Baghdad

13. Views and street scenes of Baghdad

14. Street scenes of Baghdad - Hospital ship - H.M.S. Moth, Tigris River Monitor

15. Baghdad

16. German aviator's headstone - Armenian Tombstone - Grave of Field Marshall Von Der Goltz, Baghdad ... - Mosque, Weli-Abbas - Headstones in British Cemetery, Baghdad

17. Baghdad

18. Amara, Tigris River - Basra

19. Where we embarked for Australia (Calcutta, Mar 22, 1919) - Victoria Docks, Bombay, India, disembarked here from Mesopotamia - G.H.Q. Motor boat (60 miles per hour) - Persian oil wells, Shatt-el-arab - ...? Coaling Station, Persian Gulf

20. No. 12 Station A.W.S. `Weualab' - Xmas morning No. 12 Stn. 1918 -  No. 7 Stn. A.W.S. at lunch - The morning after Armistice Night - Off W.A. looking for Australia

21. Winter costume 14 Samarra - Summer 126 (off duty), Welwalab - Washing day, Sadegah - Waiting for troop train, Bombay - Embarking S.S. Janus

22. Spare pack, No. 12 Wireless Pack Stn. - No.4, A.W.S. on the move - Tony the cook, No. 7 Stn. A.W.S. - In the ... scrub `Shahraban' - Going for mail `Samarra'

23. Xmas dinner 1918 - The menu Xmas 1918 - Our beds on the roof, Baghdad - Indian Farrier attached to A.W.S. - Horse Line Billet, Baghdad (was Turkish Police Station)

24. S.S. Janus, April 1919 - Pillow fight - Mess orderlies galley - Off Jervis Bay, N.S.W. (everyone happy) - Porpoise swimming in front of `Janus' - Waiting to embark on H.M.S. Northbrook at Basra

25. Hawk stealing food from plate, Welali rest camp, India - Smallest man in British Army - British cemetery, Baghdad - Suspension bridge built by Indian's attached to Royal Engineers (Harnbis) - Mascoto

26. Samarra - Sheiks tomb - The Golden Dome Mosque - Pontoon bridge - Armenian residence destroyed by Turks - ziggurat & ruins - From the top of ziggurat (200 ft. high)

27. Weli-Abbas - Winnowing - Bringing in the harvest - Chaff cutting - Arabs - An Arab village

28. A son of the desert [camel] - Camels grazing - Kara Tappeh - Marsh Arabs village - Moving day - Returning from bazaar - Weli-Abbas

29. Wood gatherers - Hedgehog (much sort after by Arabs for food) - Arab women carrying water, Baghdad - Weli-Abbas, Arab Labour Corps digging a canal - Irrigation canal

30. Scrambling for Bachsheech, Welali, India - Chinese boy scouts, Singapore - Indian contortionists, Rest Camp, Welali, India - Indians at dinner, river boat - Indian beggars

31. Arab Sheiks - Turkish ammunition waggon - Mounted Arabs, Chaldari - Arab bride & groom, Chaldari

Records of the European War Collecting Project, established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library in 1918

1. A.W.S. No. 7 Station Chaldry - Rest Camp Basra - A.W.S. No. 12 Station Weli-Abbas - Horse lines, Chaldary - HQ 7th Cav Bde, Chaldary
2. Three views of ...? Mosque, Baghdad - Two views of Esra's Tomb
3. Baghdad. On the way to the races - Saddling paddock - Bandstand - Getting ready to start - Hambis Steeplechase won by `Australia Jane'
4. Indian Transport Gharrys, Baghdad - S. Battlion R.H.A. with General Townsend, escaped from hut before being surrounded by Turks - Water wagon - Caterpillar tractor for hauling guns
5. Four sides of an Arab irrigation plant near Baghdad 
6. Ruins of Babylon
7. Christian Tomb in Baghdad looted by Arabs - Babylon Palace [ruins] - Garden of Eden - Ruins of Babylon - A rest on the top of the Babylonian Lion
8-9. Views of Baghdad
10. Views of Baghdad - Turkish Cavalry Barracks
11-13. Views and street scenes of Baghdad
14. Street scenes of Baghdad - Hospital ship - H.M.S. Moth, Tigris River Monitor
15. Baghdad
16. German aviator's headstone - Armenian Tombstone - Grave of Field Marshall Von Der Goltz, Baghdad ... - Mosque, Weli-Abbas - Headstones in British Cemetery, Baghdad
17. Baghdad
18. Amara, Tigris River - Basra
19. Where we embarked for Australia (Calcutta, Mar 22, 1919) - Victoria Docks, Bombay, India, disembarked here from Mesopotamia - G.H.Q. Motor boat (60 miles per hour) - Persian oil wells, Shatt-el-arab - ...? Coaling Station, Persian Gulf
20. No. 12 Station A.W.S. `Weualab' - Xmas morning No. 12 Stn. 1918 -  No. 7 Stn. A.W.S. at lunch - The morning after Armistice Night - Off W.A. looking for Australia
21. Winter costume 14 Samarra - Summer 126 (off duty), Welwalab - Washing day, Sadegah - Waiting for troop train, Bombay - Embarking S.S. Janus
22. Spare pack, No. 12 Wireless Pack Stn. - No.4, A.W.S. on the move - Tony the cook, No. 7 Stn. A.W.S. - In the ... scrub `Shahraban' - Going for mail `Samarra'
23. Xmas dinner 1918 - The menu Xmas 1918 - Our beds on the roof, Baghdad - Indian Farrier attached to A.W.S. - Horse Line Billet, Baghdad (was Turkish Police Station)
24. S.S. Janus, April 1919 - Pillow fight - Mess orderlies galley - Off Jervis Bay, N.S.W. (everyone happy) - Porpoise swimming in front of `Janus' - Waiting to embark on H.M.S. Northbrook at Basra
25. Hawk stealing food from plate, Welali rest camp, India - Smallest man in British Army - British cemetery, Baghdad - Suspension bridge built by Indian's attached to Royal Engineers (Harnbis) - Mascoto
26. Samarra - Sheiks tomb - The Golden Dome Mosque - Pontoon bridge - Armenian residence destroyed by Turks - ziggurat & ruins - From the top of ziggurat (200 ft. high)
27. Weli-Abbas - Winnowing - Bringing in the harvest - Chaff cutting - Arabs - An Arab village
28. A son of the desert [camel] - Camels grazing - Kara Tappeh - Marsh Arabs village - Moving day - Returning from bazaar - Weli-Abbas
29. Wood gatherers - Hedgehog (much sort after by Arabs for food) - Arab women carrying water, Baghdad - Weli-Abbas, Arab Labour Corps digging a canal - Irrigation canal
30. Scrambling for Bachsheech, Welali, India - Chinese boy scouts, Singapore - Indian contortionists, Rest Camp, Welali, India - Indians at dinner, river boat - Indian beggars
31. Arab Sheiks - Turkish ammunition waggon - Mounted Arabs, Chaldari - Arab bride & groom, Chaldari

10. Views of Baghdad - Turkish Cavalry Barracks

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