Photograph - black and white, Cam Williamson, AIF Soldiers Making Afternoon Tea, c1916

Historical information

This photo was taken at Ferry Post, Suez Canal.

Physical description

.2) Two Australian Soldiers around a camp fire at Ferry Post boil a billy for tea.

Inscriptions & markings

.1) Verso: Harry [Holmes] and Gordon [Spittle] make afternoon tea for Cam, who snaps them in tea-making operation. (Ferry Post, Ismailia, Egypt).

.2) S.G.S. [S. Gordon Spittle] and Harry [Holmes] making coffee to entertain Cam Williamson on his first visit to our camp. The hat hides Harry's face.
These snaps are taken by Cam's Kodak."

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