The city of the dead: postcard |
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| Title : | The city of the dead: postcard |
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| Source : | Reynell family, PRG 29/40/5 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Cairo | ||
| Date of creation : | 1915 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
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A postcard captioned 'City of the dead' sent by Carew Reynell from Cairo dated 27 May 1915 in which he writes about living conditions for himself and two other soldiers. Qarafa or 'The City of the Dead' is a walled necropolis that is also home to many families and small businesses. It is now, as it was in 1915, a tourist attraction. Major Carew Reynell, the eldest son of Walter and Emily Reynell, was born at Rostrevor on 16 September 1883. A vigneron in civilian life, Carew applied for a commission with the 9th Light Horse in December 1914 and was appointed 2nd in command. On 7 August 1915 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Reynell was killed in action on 28 August 1915 during the battle for Hill 60. He is buried in the Hill 60 British Cemetery at Gallipoli. |
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| Related names : | Reynell, Carew, 1883-1915 Cairo |
| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Place : | Egypt |
| Further reading : | Carlyon, Les. The great war, Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006 Gammage, Bill. The broken years : Australian soldiers in the Great War, Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin Books, 1990 Kent, David. From trench and troopship : the experience of the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1919, Alexandria, N.S.W. : Hale & Iremonger , 1999 Luckins, Tanja. The gates of memory : Australian people's experiences and memories of loss in the Great War, Fremantle, W.A. : Curtin University Books, 2004 Macdougall, Anthony. Australians at war : a pictorial history, Nobel Park, Vic. : Five Mile Press, 2002 McKernan, Michael. The Australian people and the Great War, West Melbourne : Nelson, 1980 Robertson, John. Anzac and Empire : the tragedy & glory of Gallipoli, [Richmond, Vic.] : Hamlyn Australia, 1990 |
| Internet links : | AIF Database: Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918 [Australian Defence Force Academy] Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: World War 1 Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs] Australian War Memorial See: Australians at War: Australian Military History Overview: First World War 1914-1918 Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History in focus [several sections about World War One] Official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918 [Australian War Memorial] Victorians at War - Oral History project [Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Library of Victoria] World War I and its Aftermath 1914 - 1921 [New South Wales High School Certificate (HSC) online] |
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