Photographic negatives of the 10th Battalion, AIF at Mena Camp, Egypt, 1914-1915 / photographed by V...
Photographic negatives of the 10th Battalion, AIF at Mena Camp, Egypt, 1914-1915 / photographed by V...
Photographic negatives of the 10th Battalion, AIF at Mena Camp, Egypt, 1914-1915 / photographed by Victor Cromwell
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1914-1915
Call Numbers
ON 585
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
75 negatives and 1 photograph (1 box) - black & white ; 4 x 6 cm - film
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : Out of copyright - created before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
This collection of negatives were produced from a Kodak ‘vest-pocket’ camera, which was a common camera owned by many Australian troops who served in WWI.
Images include family members, three soldiers in Australia, possibly including Cromwell and sights around Mena Camp, Cairo, including photographs with Egyptian locals. There are images of...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographic negatives of the 10th Battalion, AIF at Mena Camp, Egypt, 1914-1915 / photographed by Victor Cromwell
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1292614
Signature / Inscriptions
Untitled.
Date note
Undated.
Object History
The negatives were purchased from Victor Cromwell's family.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Michael Treloar Book Auction, Stuart Braga Collection, 2nd November 2014. Lot 408.
Administrative / Biographical history
Victor Cromwell had been a flour miller from Murray Bridge, South Australia prior to enlistment. He left Adelaide on the troopship, Ascanius on 20 October 1914 and arrived at Mena Camp on the outskirts of Cairo on 8 December 1914. The 10th Battalion left camp on 28 February 1915 and spent most of the following seven weeks, up until the landing at G...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ON 585
Record Identifier
YzOg4bB9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOg4bB9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1287035
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