mudski (20th February 2015)
Just ordered a big print of the photo at the pyramid.
It will go in the church
Obviously a million stories behind this picture but one story in particularly my old man always showed us at our local RSL of a fallen comrade whom they carried for a few days to be in this exact photo!
Group portrait of all the original officers and men of the 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, AIF. The group of over 685 soldiers are spread over the side of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) near Mena camp. Officers identified in the front row are, left to right: 2nd Lieutenant (Lt) F P Strickland; 2nd Lt J Newman; Major (Maj) S R Roberts; Lt J H Morgan; Captain (Capt) J S Denton; Capt A E J Croly; Capt Charles A Barnes; Lt K McLennan; Padre Fahey; Lt (later Capt) A P H Corley (later killed in action 17 September 1915); Lt (later Capt) C A La Nauze (later killed in action 28 June 1915); Capt J H Peck; Capt W R Annear; Capt R R Reilly; 2nd Lt M L Reid; Lt D H McDonald; Lieutenant Colonel J L Johnston; Capt R W Everett; Maj E A D Brockman (later MC); Capt E T Brennan; Capt R L Leane; 2nd Lt A H Darnell; 2nd Lt A H Priestley; Lt W H Rockliff; 2nd Lt J H Cooke (later killed in action 2 May 1915 ); 2nd Lt H James (later MC); 2nd Lt C F Buttle; 2nd Lt H H Walker (sitting); Lt J Williams (top). Missing are: 2nd Lt S H Jackson, Lt A R Selby and 2nd Lt A H MacFarlane. Capt Barnes records in his diary: 'After Church this morning the whole Battalion was marched up to the Pyramid (Old Cheops) and we had a photo took or at least several of them.' Amidst the training undertaken by the men, there was time on Sundays, days off and evenings when leave was granted to visit local sites of interest such as the pyramids, the Citadel and the many mosques in Cairo. The trams struggled to keep up with the demand and local transport such as carriages were heavily used. The cafes and restaurants of Cairo were also heavily patronised.
Curatorial note:
This well known and very popular photograph was originally lent to the Australian War Memorial in the 1930s by Colonel K McLennan MBE. A copy negative was made, accessioned as A02875 and Colonel McLennan's original print was returned.
BigRAWesty (20th February 2015), Stropp (21st February 2015), threedogs (21st February 2015), TPC (20th February 2015), Woof (21st February 2015)
Just ordered this for the tools in the patrol
http://www.goclc.com/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=1539#
Im hoping it will be good
Lucus30's 1999 GU ST TB45E
threedogs (21st February 2015)
Just received this just need to get the right spot to instal it
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Last edited by Stropp; 21st February 2015 at 12:00 PM.
2003 gu3 td42tdi sold 😞 bloody gvm towing crap. Bt50 3500kg gvm.
Stropp (21st February 2015)
im thinking of removing the cigaret lighter and putting it there so i can run the ipad and phone and just run a dedicated power cable to it from the battery with a inline fuse.
2003 gu3 td42tdi sold 😞 bloody gvm towing crap. Bt50 3500kg gvm.
mine is one piece with both plugs, patrol is a dx so no flash antennae switch to get in the way, will have a look this arvo.
2003 gu3 td42tdi sold 😞 bloody gvm towing crap. Bt50 3500kg gvm.