Souvenir of Sinai & Palestine, photograph album, between 1916-1917 / by Trooper J. Ellis
Souvenir of Sinai & Palestine, photograph album, between 1916-1917 / by Trooper J. Ellis
Souvenir of Sinai & Palestine, photograph album, between 1916-1917 / by Trooper J. Ellis
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
between 1916-1917
Call Numbers
PXA 7181
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
96 photographs (1 album) - 6.7 x 11 cm - albumen
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Physical Access Conditions
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Scope and Contents
Contents
One maroon gilt title cloth-covered album containing 96 albumen prints on 12 leaves depicting Australian Light Horse service in the Middle East during the First World War. Photographs of the battle of Romani and the third battle of Gaza are featured in the album. The majority of these images focus on the battles and as troops moved through El Arish...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Souvenir of Sinai & Palestine, photograph album, between 1916-1917 / by Trooper J. Ellis
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Photograph no. 77: According to the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, this is not the capture of Kress as he was not captured during the First World War by the Allies.
Reference:
http://alh-research.tripod.com/sinai_palestine/index.album/general-kress-von-kressenstein-comdr-of-gaza-captured-by-anzac-m-div?i=16...
Signature / Inscriptions
Badge on front cover inscribed: Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
Centre front cover inscribed: Souvenir of Sinai & Palestine
Front cover lower rights inscribed: Compiled by Trp. J. Ellis 7th L.H.
Inscribed in manuscript upper right front cover verso: Sent by Cpl. Digby
Each photograph has a typed caption below the image and most...
Description source
Titled from front cover inscription. Date based on the period from the battle of Romani to the third battle of Gaza (photographs represented in the album).
Object History
From private collection, England
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from James Cummins Bookseller, July 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Trooper J. Ellis was attached to the 7th Light Horse Regiment, which was raised in the first months of the First World War from men who had enlisted in New South Wales. It formed part of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade and saw action at the battle of Romani, the third battle of Gaza and then the capture of Jerusalem. Ellis was the photographer, caption...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 7181
Record Identifier
YK5r7d7n
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5r7d7n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1001652
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