Soldiers of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles resting in the shade of their horse.

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Title

Soldiers of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles resting in the shade of their horse.

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Two soldiers of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles resting in the shade of their horse in the Egyptian Desert. Photographed by an unknown photographer in May 1916. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - McKay This image was published in " The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine," Lieutenant-Colonel C Guy Powles, Whitcome and Tombs, 1922, p 22. Its context in the book indicates that it was taken in May 1916 after the army had crossed the Suez Canal into the Egyptian desert, but before any real fig...

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Image

Date created

May 1916

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22876543

Locations

Egypt

Related subjects

New Zealand. Army. New Zealand Mounted Rifles / World War, 1914-1918 / Campaigns / Egypt / Military personnel, New Zealand / Horses / War horses

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