Military camps - Palestine

Date: [Between 1914 and 1918]

From: Johnstone, L : Photograph and album of photographs taken by G F Wright during World War I

By: Wright, George Frederick, 1889-1952?

Reference: PA1-q-271

Description: Photographs of World War I, taken in the Middle East by George Frederick Wright. None of the images have captions. Many scenes show aspects of life in Egypt; several views of the Handley Page V/1500 known as "Old Carthusian"; planes that have crashed; ships in Suez Canal; long convoys of horse-drawn gun-carriages; huge numbers of camels, and camel cavalry; groups of simple wooden crosses on battlefields, some of which have names and dates that are legible (names listed above); Chapelle de Matarieh; mosques and Coptic churches; and costume worn by different groups of Egyptian people. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1916-1918

By: Eccles, Martin Ashton, 1893-1973; Eccles, Lesley, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-5863

Description: Martin Eccles of the Wellington Mounted Rifles went to Gallipoli with the 2nd Expeditionary Force. After Gallipoli he became part of the ANZAC Mounted Division in Palestine. These photographs relate to this part of his war service. They are not organised in any way, but many have information written on the back. This is an individual soldier's record of events, not that of a military strategist. Many photos are of individual, or groups of soldiers, whom Eccles knew or was associated with. Others record troop movements across the countryside, and towns such as Raffa and Jaffa. There are also one or two of the British High Command in Palestine photographed in informal situations. Time off on leave and visits to Egyptian antiquities are also represented. Finally, there are a few shots of Eccles in New Zealand either before or after the war. Martin Ashton Eccles remained in Gallipoli until the final disembarkation. He was in the army in Palestine until the end of the war. He became an Anglican priest and as Canon Eccles was attatched to the Diocese of Waipa (Waikato). Quantity: 300 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Martin Ashton Eccles was father of the donor.

Date: 1915-1916

By: Jekyll, Edward Joseph Richmond Webb, 1884-1965; Bradshaw, W M, active 1975

Reference: PA1-o-051

Description: Photographs of World War I in Gallipoli, Jerusalem and Palestine Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with light brown imitation sacking cover "Photographs", 210 x 270 mm

Date: [between 1916 and 1918]

From: Redpath, Thomas, 1893-1949 : Photographs taken during the Palestine campaign, World War I

Reference: 1/2-066738-F

Description: Camp for World War I soldiers in Palestine, during the Palestine Campaign, World War I. Shows soldiers on stony ground, standing by a camp fire. Photograph taken by Thomas Redpath between 1916-1918. Inscriptions: From original album, below image: A camp Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative