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'Sphinxing' in Egypt

Maheno’s personnel make the most of the sights in Egypt

Sinai campaign 1916 map

Map showing troop movements and battle sites during Sinai campaign of 1916-17

NZEF in Egypt 1914-16 map

Map showing the main New Zealand Expeditionary Force camps and areas of activity in Egypt during the First World War

Mistreatment of horses letters

New Zealanders at home and at the front expressed concern when they learned that horses might be sold locally and mistreated.

Major Claude Weston and Billy

Major Claude Horace Weston with his horse Billy in Egypt, 1916.

Wellington mounteds loading camels, Egypt

Troopers of the Wellington Mounted Rifles load supplies onto camels in Egypt, 1916.

Mounted troops beside Suez Canal

Troopers of the New Zealand Mounted Brigade or the Anzac Mounted Division riding along an embankment beside the Suez Canal, Egypt, 1916

Horses at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt

Horses of the Wellington Mounted Rifles at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt

Farriers at Zeitoun Camp

A mounted rifleman in uniform sits among a group of farriers in this photograph taken during the First World War by Laurie Mackie at the military camp at Zeitoun, Egypt

NZ horses and carts at Alexandria

New Zealand transport on beach at Alexandria, Egypt.

Egypt and Gallipoli - NZ's First World War horses

Some draught horses accompanied the divisional artillery and transport and supply units to Gallipoli in April 1915 to assist with their work. But the conditions proved unsuitable for horses. Some of those landed remained, but many were not landed or were soon evacuated and returned to Egypt.

First World War cemeteries map - Mediterranean, Gallipoli and the Middle East

This map locates the 61 cemeteries in the Mediterranean, Gallipoli and the Middle East in which there are graves or memorials for members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

2 NZEF infantry marching into Egypt

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force infantry marching in Eqypt, 1941.

Anzac soldiers riot in Cairo's Wazzir brothel district

During the afternoon and evening of 2 April (Good Friday), an estimated 2500 New Zealand and Australian troops rioted in the Haret Al Wassir red-light district of Cairo's Ezbekieh Quarter.

New Zealand Mounteds ride through Cairo

Troopers from the New Zealand Mounted Rifles ride through the city of Cairo in Egypt, December 1914.

Maori soldiers in Egypt

Maori soldiers at Zeitoun Camp, near Cairo, about 1916.

Sinai campaign map

See how events unfolded during the Sinai Campaign.

Maori Battalion haka in Egypt, 1941

Members of the Maori Battalion who had fought in Greece perform a haka for the King of Greece at Helwan, Egypt in June 1941.

Anzac Day in Egypt, 1940

New Zealand soldiers bow their heads in prayer at an Anzac Day service at El Saff in Egypt, 25 April 1940.