Quatia

Date: 1916-1918

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-604

Description: Album is the first part of a record of the British campaign in north-eastern Egypt and Palestine from 1916-1918. It begins with views of Alexandria and Cairo where Australian and New Zealand Troops from Gallipoli began their rest, and recovery. There are views of the troops at the military training camp at Zeitoun where they were retrained and equipped for the Western Front and the defence of Egypt. In relation to the Palestine campaign, the album covers the driving of the Turks and their German allies out of north-eastern Egypt, the capture of the oases of Quatia and Romani, and the subsequent capture of El Arish. The album is a very good record of these events with much incidental detail. Cities, architecture, ruins, places, the locals, farming, crops and farm animals are all included. Most usefully it is a good record of the military operations from the perspective of a New Zealand participant Arrangement: Negatives relating to prints in this album should be among those registered at F 178589 1/2 to F 178976 1/2, and F 178993 1/2 to F 179124 1/2 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916-1918, 2015

By: Ebbitt, William Henry, 1893-1970; Dunkley, Gillian, active 2016

Reference: ATL-Group-00135

Description: Collection contains: Photographs taken and collected by William Henry Ebbitt during his service during World War One. Photographs mainly taken in Egypt depict other military personnel including S S M Ebbitt with Sgt Curtis and Sgt Hines wounded in hospital, Corporal Ferguson of the 9th Squadron from Mohaka Wairoa, Major Armstrong, Father McDonald, D. McMillan, W. O'Donald, 9th Squadron officers and football team, Turk prisoners, military horses (feeding, watering, under fire, treking), desert patrol, Indian transport men, camel transports, military camps (Bir el Maler, Kirba, Romani), visiting ancient Egyptian tombs at Katia (Quatia), and an aeroplane which landed behind their lines. Includes a photograph postcard from W H Ebbitt to his brother Len (dated November 1917). Text of postcard transcribed by Gillian Dunkley. Photographs are numbered from 1 to 102 (note there is some duplicates with differing annotations on the back) and are accompanied by documentation which provides information and notes relating to each photograph and biographic information relating to Ebbitt. This documentation was compiled by Gillian Dunkley. A selection of the photographs has been digitised by John Dunkley in January and February 2015. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Collection has been arranged by the donor prior to their deposit with the library. Each photograph is numbered (enclosed in a circle) on the back. These numbers reference electronic scans also supplied with the collection on deposit. Corporal William Henry Ebbitt, of Wairoa, served in the Wellington Mounted Rifles (Regiment No. 11/250) during World War I. He saw action at Gallipoli and Eygpt. Quantity: 111 b&w original photographic print(s). 119 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photograph prints, typescripts Provenance: Donor is the daughter of William Henry Ebbitt.

Date: August 1916

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-812-09-2

Description: A lone rider in the desert on which lie bodies of horses killed during the battle of Katia. Photographed by an unknown photographer between the 6th and 12th of August 1916. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Dead horses after the battle of Katia The advance on Katia began on the 5th of August 1916 as part of the campaign to drive the Turkish army out of Egypt. It resulted in the Turkish withdrawl to El Arish which was about 4 1/2 kms from the Egyptian/Palestine boarder. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8 x 6 cms

Date: Jan 1916-Aug 1916

From: Bunkall, Ernest Arthur, 1886-1957 : World War One diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-11987-02

Description: Detailed entries document service in Egypt (1 Jan-31 Jul) with Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment and Imperial Camel Corps during Sinai campaign. Undated pages include an inscription from 'M S L', sums, a list of Egyptian sites, and other notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (notebook 10 x 7cm, marbled boards)