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Author	Pickles, Albert William, 1890-1970, compiler.
Title	First World War photograph collection of Albert Pickles.
Published/Produced	1914-1918.

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Albert William Pickles.

BA2629/1: Bridge en route from Ismailia Myoascar. Corporal Les French on left.

BA2629/2: Right to left: Jim (Scotty) Salmond, Ernie Rose, AWP (Albert Pickles).

BA2629/3: Caption provided by donor: "Wilfred Moulton his cobbers".

BA2629/4: Caption provided by donor: "Tea time. Two chaps in our section face on - Roy Loudan & Bob Smith. The three behind having tea are Sid Moore, me and Ged".

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BA2629/5: Caption provided by donor: "Firing party at the burial of a cobber".

BA2629/6: Officers.

BA2629/7: Caption provided by donor: "Some of the 'fancy goods' at sports with the usual hangers on".

BA2629/8: Graves of soldiers from the 11th Light Horse Regiment.

BA2629/9: British tank, Gaza.

BA2629/10: Caption provided by donor: "Native market near Ludd".

BA2629/11: Caption provided by donor: "Turkish prisoners of war".

BA2629/12: Body of Turkish soldier.

BA2629/13: Caption provided by donor: "Prisoners captured at El Eanatra before Damascus".

BA2629/14: Caption provided by donor: "Australian Light Horse at Wadi Ghuzce, Palestine".

BA2629/15: Caption provided by donor: "Railway station , El-Fuleh [Afula]".

BA2629/16: Caption provided by donor: "Locomotive sheds at El-Fuleh (Afula) Junction".

BA2629/17: Caption provided by donor: "Military building, Jaffa".

BA2629/18: Caption provided by donor: "10th Light Horse, after leaving Tripoli".

BA2629/19: Rural road in Palestine.

BA2629/20: Caption provided by donor: "Damascus to Beruit railway".

BA2629/21: Caption provided by donor: "Fancy dressed riding at sports, Moascar camp".

BA2629/22: Caption provided by donor: "Entrance to Kings & Queens cave, Jerusalem".

BA2629/23: Caption provided by donor: "1,000 Turkish prisoners of war, captured at El Bassan by 3rd Brigade".

BA2629/24: Valley country, Jordan.

BA2629/25: 10th Light Horse camp, Tripoli.

BA2629/26: Main street of Jaffa.

BA2629/27: Caption provided by donor: "Gipos on the job".

BA2629/28: Caption provided by donor: "Australian Division watering at the Sea of Galilee".

BA2629/29: Caption provided by donor: "Ghoraniyeh Bridge over Jordan River".

BA2629/30: Caption provided by donor: "Captured gun team 'well done in' note dead horses".

BA2629/31: Caption provided by donor: "Wrecked station Anakel Menshi. This was a place of wrecked trucks & areoplanes, our machines gave 'em hell here, by the look of the dead etc when we arrived".

BA2629/32: Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem.

BA2629/33: Caption provided by donor: "Watering at one of Belaks pumping pools".

BA2629/34: Damascus.

BA2629/35: Caption provided by donor: "On the road to Damascus".

BA2629/36: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "Jan 30th '18. This one isn't bad. The little word we use a lot here in telling the boot shiners to clear off. It's as well we haven't our bayonets to 'imsh' a few of em. Albert".

BA2629/37: British armoured car.

BA2629/38: Anti-aircraft guns.

BA2629/39: Caption provided by donor: "Aeroplane view, Jundean Hills near Tel-El-Dum".

BA2629/40: Rachel's Tomb, near Bethlehem.

BA2629/41: Caption provided by donor: "Aeroplane. Plane burnt at Jenin".

BA2629/42: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "Solomon's Pool, Jerusalem, Palestine. Had a few swims in this pool. They are from anything to 4 chains across and about 6 to 7 long and about 30 to 40 ft deep; three of them one behind the other".

BA2629/43: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "Turkish naval gun captured at Gaza, Palestine. This is what gave us Tommies & Aussies alike a bit of a doing when in action".

BA2629/44: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "These six [five] photos are of an old ancient floor in a mosque up in the waddi near our camp. Note the animals, birds, etc. built in with different stones. It is well done and looks beautiful. No. 1".

BA2629/45: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "These six [five] photos are of an old ancient floor in a mosque up in the waddi near our camp. Note the animals, birds, etc. built in with different stones. It is well done and looks beautiful. No. 2"

BA2629/46: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "These six [five] photos are of an old ancient floor in a mosque up in the waddi near our camp. Note the animals, birds, etc. built in with different stones. It is well done and looks beautiful. No. 3"

BA2629/47: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "These six [five] photos are of an old ancient floor in a mosque up in the waddi near our camp. Note the animals, birds, etc. built in with different stones. It is well done and looks beautiful. No. 5"

BA2629/48: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "These six [five] photos are of an old ancient floor in a mosque up in the waddi near our camp. Note the animals, birds, etc. built in with different stones. It is well done and looks beautiful. No. 6"

BA2629/49: D.N.W. Dredcer No. 3.

BA2629/50: Soldiers eating.

BA2629/51: Abandoned machines.

BA2629/52: Smoko.

BA2629/53: Horses pulling vehicle, possibly at a funeral.

BA2629/54: Horses pulling vehicle, possibly at a funeral.

BA2629/55: Caption provided by donor: "Pontoon bridge across River Jordan, Jordan Valley".

BA2629/56: Albert and Nellie Pickles.

BA2629/57: Albert Pickles.

BA2629/58: Pickles family aboard the Oroya en route to Western Australia.

BA2629/59: William and Frances Pickles and family.

BA2629/60: Albert Pickles standing 2nd from left, Blackwood camp, 1914

BA2629/61: Caption on back: 1st Brigade going in to take Tel il Saba (Beersheba), 1917

BA2629/62: Caption on back: Beersheba. Well blown up by Jacko, 1917

BA2629/63: Caption on back: Horses in dry wadi

BA2629/64: Caption on back: Vale of Jezreel showing airfield

BA2629/65: Caption from back: Our troops above Jenin

BA2629/66: Caption on back: Some of the country we have to ride over. Bit rough.

BA2629/67: Caption on back: Road from Jerusalem to Jericho

BA2629/68: Caption on back: Jerusalem road 10th Light Horse on the zig

BA2629/69: Caption on back: Jerusalem

BA2629/70: Caption on back: Jerusalem

BA2629/71: Caption on back: One of the many pontoon bridges over Jordan River

BA2629/72: Caption on back: Our troops on the move

BA2629/73: Caption on back: Aussie cavalry lying off Damascus day before it fell

BA2629/74: Indians taking over A class horses from 10th Light Horse at Tripoli

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Call Number	BA2629
Physical description	1 online resource (1 page, 74 photographs) : digital, PDF, TIFF, black and white.
Notes	Title devised by cataloguer. Captions provided by donor.
Rights advisory	For personal use only. To publish or display contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Original version	Originals in private ownership.
Summary	Albert Pickles enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in 1916 and was assigned to the 10th Light Horse Regiment 23 Division. He saw service in Egypt, Syria and Israel. The collection of photos captured something of the life of the 10th Light Horse on their journey from Port Said through to Damascus and Jerusalem. It includes a photograph of graves of soldiers of the 11th Light Horse Regiment. The collection includes some Pickles family photographs.
Subjects	French, Les -- Photographs.
	Loudan, Roy -- Photographs.
	Moore, Sid -- Photographs.
	Moulton, Wilfred Alexander, 1893- -- Photographs.
	Pickles, Albert William, 1890-1970 -- Photographs.
	Pickles, Nellie -- Photographs.
	Pickles, William -- Photographs.
	Pickles, Frances -- Photographs.
	Pickles family -- Photographs.
	Rose, Ernie -- Photographs.
	Salmond, Jim -- Photographs.
	Smith, Bob -- Photographs.
	Australia. Army. Light Horse Regiment, 10th -- Photographs.
	Australia. Army. Light Horse Regiment, 11th -- Photographs.
	War graves -- Palestine -- Photographs.
	Soldiers -- Photographs.
	Soldiers -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
	World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs.
	Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of -- Photographs.
	Tanks (Military science) -- Gaza -- Photographs.
	Markets -- Middle East -- Photographs.
	Prisoners of war -- Middle East -- Photographs.
	Railroad stations -- Middle East -- Photographs.
	Jaffa Gate (Jerusalem) -- Photographs.
	Armored cars (Military vehicles) -- Photographs.
	Antiaircraft guns -- Photographs.
	Rachel's Tomb (Bethlehem) -- Photographs.
	Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel) -- Photographs.