Photographs of the aftermath of the Battle of Beersheba, Sinai and Palestine Campaign, 1917 / photog...
Photographs of the aftermath of the Battle of Beersheba, Sinai and Palestine Campaign, 1917 / photog...
Photographs of the aftermath of the Battle of Beersheba, Sinai and Palestine Campaign, 1917 / photography by Michael Hammerson, with a letter by Laurence Moore, ca. 1988
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Date
1917; ca. 1986-1990
Call Numbers
PXE 1770
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99 photographs and 1 letter (1 folder) - gelatin silver; typed
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Fonds
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Out of copyright : Photographs - created before 1955
Copyright status : Manuscript - In copyright, life of author plus 70 years
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99 photographic prints taken by British soldier Michael Hammerson in Egypt and Palestine during the aftermath of the Battle of Beersheba, 1917, including several of the Australian Light Horse troops, accompanied by an explanatory letter on the images written by Laurence Moore of the Imperial Camel Corps (ICC) ca. 1988.
Moore's typed letter,...
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Photographs of the aftermath of the Battle of Beersheba, Sinai and Palestine Campaign, 1917 / photography by Michael Hammerson, with a letter by Laurence Moore, ca. 1988
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Notes
General note
Photographs were attached to paper sheets that are inscribed with the title of "Series" and photographic number. These sheets have been included with the photographs in the collection's housing.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Antipodean Books Maps & Prints, April 2019
Administrative / Biographical history
While most of the Australian Imperial Force went to France in 1916, the bulk of Australia’s mounted forces remained in Egypt to fight the Turks threatening the Suez Canal. In 1917 they entered Palestine and in 1918 advanced into Jordan and Syria. The campaign ended on 31 October 1918, a few weeks after the capture of Damascus. The charge of the 4th...
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Call Numbers
PXE 1770
Record Identifier
9WZW5MpY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZW5MpY
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Reference code
9637007
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