Transporting camels on a train

Camels loaded on a train for transport on the Sinai railway to the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade in Palestine, 1917. The letters 'HK' can be clearly seen on one of the camels nearest the camera. This may mean that the camels in this wagon are being sent to the Hong Kong and Singapore Mountain Battery - the camel-mounted artillery unit attached to the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

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camel corps

palestine campaign

WW1

transport

railways

Credit

Image courtesy National Army Museum Te Mata Toa
Accession Number: 1990.108
Permission of the National Army Museum Te Mata Toa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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'Transporting camels on a train', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/transporting-camels-train, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 3-May-2016