Series 07: Photographs relating to World War I, including views in Cairo and Heliopolis, portrait of Alan Fraser Fry, and group portrait of 13th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

PXA 1371/nos. 168-176

series

1914-1915

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

9669181

13 postcards
1 photographic print
1 item on ephemera (photograph booklet)

Transferred from P1/Fry, Alan Fraser
168. Alan Cairo 12/12/15 [Alan Fraser Fry in uniform]

Transferred from SPG/Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1919, 13th Battalion
169. Officers and N.C.Os of 10th Reins, 13th battalion, Zeitoun Camp. 18th December 1915
Names of men listed verso of photograph.

Transferred from SPF/Liverpool, 1914
170. Souvenir of Liverpool Encampment, 1914 / [Copyright] Gordon Jenkins...Waverley, N.S.
Postcard booklets with 10 fold-out photographs.
Inscribed 'This is the last. The boat is leaving right now. Good-bye & good luck. Love to all'.

Transferred from SPF/World War I, 1914-1919 - Military History - Africa
171a. No.18. Arrival of Turkish Prisoners at Cairo [postcard].
171b. No.19. Pontoon on which the Turks attempted to cross Suez Canal [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'Notice all the shot holes in the hull. These are now out at the Botanical Gardens, and I got a photo of them some weeks ago. These were all brought all the way from Constantinople'.
172a. No.2. Australian camp at the Pyramids, Cairo [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'You can see from this how close to the Pyramids the Mena Camp was. Fancy a strong wind coming up here. It blows the sand till you cannot see 30 yards.'
172b. No.5. Australian cavalry parading in Cairo [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'The large building is the Continental Hotel. Numbers of the officers stay here and it is "some swank". This was taken just after the boys arrived in Egypt. It is such a common sight now, that no crowd turns out to see them.'
173a. No.26. Gurzireh Red Cros Hospital, Cairo [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'This is the Hospital where Nurse Woods was. There is a photo much the same as this amongst mine. It is a glorious place on the bank of the Nile, and the patients have real good times here.'
173b. No.29. General view of Heliopolis Camp, Cairo [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'Noel was camped here for a while, but has moved to Abbassia now. From here you catch the electric train to Cairo, some 6 or 7 miles and it takes no time as the train travels very fast. Fare 1/2 piastre (1 1/4) cheap eh!'.
174a. No.43 Luna Park Red Cross Hospital, Heliopolis [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'Luna Park is like our White City - or was. Now it is a Hospital, and very well fitted out. I have been on the water chute and railway here, before they ever thought of making it into a Hospital'.
174b. No.46. General view of the aerodrome camp, Heliopolis [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'This is where I was camped last March 1915. We were there just about where the X is. The Transport are camped here now, instead of the Infantry, who are moved to Zeitoun'.
175a. No.24. Heliopolis Red Cross Hospital, Cairo [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'This shows what a magnificent, large building the Palace Hotel is - and it is not all in this picture. It is very accessible - the tram and train running right up to the gate'.
175b. No.25. Guezireh Red Cross Hospital, Cairo [postcard]. Inscribed verso 'This is another view of No. 2 Hospital, situated right on the bank of the Nile. The Nile is pretty muddy-looking, but is a pleasant change from the desert'.
176a. Alan on right 1915 [Soldiers on camels with the Sphinx and pyramid in background]
176b. [Turkish prisoners of war]. Inscribed verso 'As you can see, these fellows are no "mugs" but big strong men, and they will give you an idea of the kind of men the boys were up against, on the Peninsular'.

Transferred from the Small Pictures File (Self Indexing File), Mitchell Library Reading Room, 2013.
Transferred from PXA 2144/Box 42/nos. 80-88 in November 2022.