The Egyptian and Palestine Campaigns of 1916-1918. From El Arish to Jerusalem

Date
1917-1918
Reference
PA1-q-605
Description

Album is the second part of a two-album record of the British campaigns in north-eastern Egypt and Palestine, 1916-1918. It is a record of the Palestine campaign after the capture of El Arish. Thus its story really begins at Rafa on the Egyptian/Palestine boarder and ends with General Allenby's triumphal entry into the city of "Jerusalem the Blessed" (his words) on 11 December 1917.

As a record it presents a detailed account of the actions, movements, encampments, places, troops, countryside, and locals as experienced by a New Zealand officer participant. The photographs are well documented and identified.

In relation to place names, spellings from books and maps have been used. Album spellings have been added to the "non preferred" slot in the place records, so that they are linked to the official place name spellings and can thus be used in a search.

Arrangement: Negatives for the prints in this album should be among those registered at F 178589 1/2 to F 178976 1/2, and F178993 1/2 to F 179124 1/2

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs
There are 45 items in total.
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Firing line of New Zealand Mounted Rifles at Rafah, Egypt

Date: 1917

From: Powles family : Papers

By: Powles, Charles Guy, 1872-1951

Reference: PA1-q-605-05-3

Description: Part of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles firing line during the Battle of Rafah, Egypt. Shows a row of men lying on the ground with their rifles. Photographed January 1917 by Charles Guy Powles. Publication note - 'The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine', Lieut-Col C Guy Powles, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1922, p.73 Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - Attacking across the glacis-like plain at Rafa. NZMR firing-line. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.4 x 7.8 cm, mounted on album page

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Soldier firing a machine gun from captured Turkish trench, Rafah

Date: 1917

From: Powles family : Papers

By: Powles, Charles Guy, 1872-1951

Reference: PA1-q-605-05-1

Description: Soldier firing a Vickers machine gun from a captured Turkish trench during the Battle of Rafah, Egypt. Photographed January 1917 by Charles Guy Powles. Publication note - Photograph published in 'The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine', Lieut-Col C Guy Powles, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1922. Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Machine Gun firing from captured Turk trench at Rafa. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.1 x 7.7 cm, mounted on album page

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Soldier holding dead lizard, Palestine

Date: 1917

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-q-605-12A-2

Description: Soldier holding dead lizard, Palestine. Photograph taken in 1917 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12 x 4.4 cm, mounted on album page

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Troops of the ANZAC Mounted Division on their horses, Palestine.

Date: 1917

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-q-605-08-3

Description: Troops of the ANZAC Mounted Division lined up on their horses facing a line field guns in the desert, Palestine. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1917 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.4 x 6 cms

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The Imperial Camel Corps: A halt on the march

Date: 1918

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-q-605-22-2

Description: The Imperial Camel Corps: a halt on the march. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1918 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Imperial Camel Corps. A halt on the march Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Troops and horses of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles being bombed during the second Battl...

Date: 19 April 1917

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-q-605-23-2

Description: Troops and horses of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles being bombed during the second battle of Caza. Photographed by an unknown photographer on the 19th of April 1917 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The led horses 2nd Gaza being bombed from the air Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 7.5 x 5 cms

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New Zealand Mounted Rifles coming out of a gully in Palestine during World War I

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-q-605-23b-3

Description: New Zealand Mounted Rifles coming out of a gully, identified as Shrapnel Gully, in Palestine during World War I, taken ca 1917 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - N.Z.M.R. coming out of Shrapnel gully Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.9 x 10.5 cm, mounted on album page

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Turkish prisoners, Palestine

Date: 1917

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-q-605-25-3

Description: Turkish prisoners, Palestine. Photograph taken in 1917 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - Turkish prisoners Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.2 x 10.6 cm, mounted on album page

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Colonel Findlay watching bombs drop during the second Battle of Gaza, World War I

Date: 19 April 1917

From: Powles family : Papers

By: Powles, Charles Guy, 1872-1951

Reference: PA1-q-605-22a-1

Description: Colonel John Findlay watching bombs drop among the Canterbury Mounted Rifles during the second Battle of Gaza during World War I. Photographed 19 April 1917 by an unknown photographer. Publication note - 'The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine', Lieut-Col C Guy Powles, Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1922, p.100 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Col. Findlay watching bombs dropping among the C.M.R. led horses 2nd Gaza. Ap. 19. 1917 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.9 x 12.4 cm, mounted on album page

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Boundary posts at Rafah, Egypt

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-q-605-01

Description: Soldier standing beside two boundary posts at Rafah, Egypt, during World War I, taken ca 1917 by an unknown photographer. The posts mark the boundary between Palestine and Egypt. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Boundary Posts at Rafa - being a portion of the International Boundary line between Palestine and Egypt. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.9 x 12.8 cm, mounted on album page