Photograph - Photograph of Australian Servicemen training in Egypt in WW1, 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force EGYPT 1914-1915, unknown

Historical information

WW1 AIF Training Camp in Egypt prior to deploying to Gallipoli The photograph shows the living conditions (Tents). It also shows the vastness of the site and suggests large numbers of servicemen.

Significance

These two photographs are historically significant. They demonstrate the conditions that the soldiers in training experienced before they arrived at the front-line. They give the modern viewer some understanding of what it was like in Egypt. It is also very significant because it keeps the memories alive.

Physical description

Professionally framed work, two pictures one above the other. Shows AIF Camp with pyramids in background.

Inscriptions & markings

Brown frame

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