Salt water lagoon on the north-eastern Egyptian coast north east of Romani Oasis
Sabkhet Bardawil
Bardawill, Bardowall, Serbonian Bog
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Campaign in Egypt and Palestine, 1916-1918. From Alexandria to El Arish
Date: 1916-1918
From: Powles family : Papers
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).
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New Zealand Mounted Riflemen on the salt pans of Sabkahat Bardawil, Egypt
Date: 1916
From: Powles family : Papers
Reference: 1/2-178616-F
Description: Five soldiers of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles on their horses on the salt pans of the Sabkhet Bardawil, Egypt. Probably photographed by Charles Guy Powles in 1916. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 6 cms
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The Egyptian and Palestine Campaigns of 1916-1918. From El Arish to Jerusalem
Date: 1917-1918
From: Powles family : Papers
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).