‘Sphinxing’ they called it. The Maheno’s personnel make the most of the sights in Egypt.
In the lower photograph the ship's senior army officer, Colonel Collins (left), and the Union Company master, Captain McLean, pose with General Godley.
Liverpool, Lord (compiler), The New Zealand Hospital Ship ‘Maheno’: the first voyage, July, 1915, to January, 1916, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1918-9
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