The fly catching squad, Tel el Kebir
Production date
May 1916
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows four soldiers standing around a bucket at Tel el Kebir, Egypt. The photograph is glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary and album. He has written at the bottom of the photograph: The Fly catching squad. (Left to right) ?, Leo Bestall, Kay, HCM. Superimposed on the photograph at the bottom is: Flies....
Photographer, unknown.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Production date
May 1916
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 70 x 42mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
May 1916
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19139
Other number(s)
19139, 91634
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