Mena Camp, Egypt |
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| Title : | Mena Camp, Egypt |
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| Place Of Creation : | Egypt | ||
| Date of creation : | 1915 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
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| Description : |
Mena military camp in Egypt. The First Australian Infantry Force arrived in Egypt in late 1914 and established the camp west of Cairo. It was here that the A.I.F. trained prior to embarking for Gallipoli. |
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| Related names : | Mena Camp |
| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Further reading : | Brice, Chris. 'Gallipoli...hell & glory', The Advertiser, 21 April 1990, Magazine, pp. 2-3 Laffin, John. Damn the Dardanelles! : the story of Gallipoli, Sydney : Doubleday, 1980 Reid, Richard. A 'duty clear before us': North Beach and the Sari Bair Range, Gallipoli Peninsula : 25 April-20 December 1915, Canberra, A.C.T. : Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 2000 Steel, Nigel and Peter Hart. Defeat at Gallipoli, London : Macmillan, 1994 Winter, Denis. 25 April 1915: the inevitable tragedy, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1994 |
| Internet links : | Australian War Memorial See: Encyclopedia: Gallipoli Gallipoli: The drama of the Dardanelles [Imperial War Museum, UK] Visit Gallipoli [Department of Veterans Affairs] |
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