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• 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

  (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.

• An Artillery Observer : a young officer observing the effect of the shells of his battery. The results of fire are telephoned back to the guns, some miles behind.

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-17

  image: a young British artillery officer stands within an enclosed and covered observation post, observing British artillery fire through a device positioned on the parapet. He looks through a small loophole, the upper wall of the parapet partly made...

• The Hospital at Mahemdia : for a mile along the beach stretch the tents of a Stationary Hospital. Beyond the boat is the screen of an open-air cinema.

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-09

  image: in the foreground two British soldiers in pith helmets sit within a rowing boat on a beach at Mahemdia, before a large hospital. White tents stretch right across the horizon, with figures walking amongst them. Beyond the men can be seen a large...

• Building a Sea Wall : the Egyptian Labour Corps

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917

  image: a party of men of the Egyptian Labour Corps are busy constructing a sea wall on a beach, supervised by a British officer wearing pith helmet, shorts and white shirt. A ditch has been dug, with a wall made with sandbags on the seaward side.

• The Group Commander : the OC of a heavy artillery group

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-13

  image: a half length portrait of a British Royal Artillery officer wearing a desert issue shirt. He stares directly at the viewer with piercing blue eyes and a bushy moustache.

• Near the Coast

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-15

  image: a view of two artillery emplacements in an arid landscape near a coastline. Both emplacements are dug into the earth and concealed with camoflage netting. The outline of a few soldiers are visible, as are silhouettes of belll tents near the sea in...

• The Battery Major : absorbed in his registration in the battery post he receives a report from a corporal

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-18

  image: a Major commanding a Royal Artillery battery sits at a table where he has temporarily stopped plotting positions on an artillery chart whilst a corporal reports information to him. A desk lamp illuminates the chart, with a candle in a small recess...

• A Morning Mist

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-09

  image: a view over a desert scene in the morning mist. The sun shines through, weakened by the mist. An Australian soldier strides across the scene from left to right. A herd of camels are visible through the fog in the distance, with two bell tents to...

• Australians : the orderly hands the officer a telegram from the signal station near, and waits

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-02

  image: an Australian Army officer, shown in left profile, sits at a table with a telegram in his hands. Beside him an Australian soldier stands and another sits beside the table. They appear to be in a tent, with the entrance to the right, through which...