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  • Behind Ruweisat Ridge Behind Ruweisat Ridge

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1942

    image: a desert scene with a Bren Gun Carrier, upon which a British soldier is sitting, placed behind a wall of sandbags. Various bits of equipment are scattered about and other men are engaged in various fatigue duties. In the background two men are...

  • Baking Native Bread Baking Native Bread

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-06-21

    image: a view of a large room in which Egyptian cooks are in the process of kneading and baking bread. They work at long benches containing large sink-like recesses, within which the dough is contained.

  • Frozen Meat : meat from Australia is being checked by the ASC and loaded into the ice tanks, which will be conveyed by lighter and rail to the front Frozen Meat : meat from Australia is being checked by the ASC and loaded into the ice tanks, which will be conveyed by lighter and rail to the front

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-06-29

    image: a night scene with a man of the British Army Service Corps sitting and writing at a desk, upon which sits a lamp. Two men stand either side of him, the one further back appearing to closely inspect a packet of meat. Another man stands to the right...

  • An Oven : the bread for the front is baked at the base An Oven : the bread for the front is baked at the base

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-06-21

    image: three men of the British Army Service Corps stand before a huge oven, with a large tray full of loaves of bread to the right.

  • The Tibbin Barge : at sunset natives are unloading fodder brought from Upper Egypt in barges The Tibbin Barge : at sunset natives are unloading fodder brought from Upper Egypt in barges

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-06-19

    image: Egyptian workers unload large bales of hay from a long barge onto the harbour side. In the foreground one man carries a bundle on his shoulders, walking at the end of a narrow plank from the boat to the harbour. Behind him several men help to...

  • Sketch for 'London Docks' (LD4039) Sketch for 'London Docks' (LD4039)

    (art) Made by: Macdonald, Frances 1944-01-01

    image: a view of a dry dock with a large scaffold erected next to a quay side on the right. On the quay side there are several cranes. To the left there are several more cranes and a parked van surrounded by figures alongside a channel of water.

  • Australian Engineers excavating a Well Australian Engineers excavating a Well

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-05-01

    image: two Australian Army engineers at work in a trench immediately before a narrow slit in the side of a brick-built well. A pick lies on the ground to the right.

  • A Bellam and a Mahaila in Ashar Creek, Basra A Bellam and a Mahaila in Ashar Creek, Basra

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: a man stands on a Bellam, similar to a canoe, moving alongside a larger boat, a Mahaila, from which supplies are being unloaded up a wooden gangway onto a dockside in Basra. Behind appear to be a series of shops and stalls.

  • In Asha Creek, Basra In Asha Creek, Basra

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: several small local boats moored beside a series of stone steps, leading from a creek up to a busy street in Basra. Supplies and items for trade and sale are unloaded from the boats, with bundles being carried up the steps. Crowds of people fill...

  • ML 206 Entering Tyre ML 206 Entering Tyre

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: a Royal Navy motor launch approaches the harbourside at Tyre, shining a bright light at a crowd of local men, who appear to be standing beside piles of supplies. There is a local sailing boat to the left and a line of ships in the distance, in the...

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