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Hutchison album: From Auckland to Egypt and the Gallipoli campaign
Date: 1914 - 1916
From: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981:NZEF at Auckland, en route to Middle East, and at Gallipoli
By: Hutchison, James Douglas (Sir), 1894-1981
Reference: PA1-o-573
Description: Album opens with soldiers gathering in Auckland from August to October, 1914, prior to leaving for Egypt. They leave Auckland in October on the troop transport ship "Star of Africa", The photographs of Egypt are largly to do with army life, eg kit inspection, trips to the pyramids, general views of camp life, and photographs of friends. Hutchison and his mates were members of a medical corps. The rest of the album covers the Gallipoli Campaign including the evacuation in December 1915 and the return to Egypt in 1916 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).