Camels leaving Cairo for the Front, WW1
A trainload of camels in Egypt belonging to the Imperial Camel Corps leaving Cairo for the Front. The picture was taken at a railway siding in Cairo, just as the train was about to depart for the Front. In the first truck of the train were a number of Australian soldiers, members of the Imperial Camel Corps and in charge of the camels. The headstall rope of each animal is attached to a line which runs the length of the truck
Picture No
10934288
Media ID
46102570
Size
7517px x 3608px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Sphere, 12 August 1916
Date
1916
