Views of Mesopotamia, ca. 1917-1919 / J.H. Brier

1. A.W.S. No. 7 Station Chaldry - Rest Camp Basra - A.W.S. No. 12 Station Weli-Abbas - Horse lines, Chaldary - HQ 7th Cav Bde, Chaldary

2. Three views of ...? Mosque, Baghdad - Two views of Esra's Tomb

3. Baghdad. On the way to the races - Saddling paddock - Bandstand - Getting ready to start - Hambis Steeplechase won by `Australia Jane'

4. Indian Transport Gharrys, Baghdad - S. Battlion R.H.A. with General Townsend, escaped from hut before being surrounded by Turks - Water wagon - Caterpillar tractor for hauling guns

5. Four sides of an Arab irrigation plant near Baghdad

6. Ruins of Babylon

7. Christian Tomb in Baghdad looted by Arabs - Babylon Palace [ruins] - Garden of Eden - Ruins of Babylon - A rest on the top of the Babylonian Lion

8. Views of Baghdad

9. Views of Baghdad

10. Views of Baghdad - Turkish Cavalry Barracks

11. Views and street scenes of Baghdad

12. Views and street scenes of Baghdad

13. Views and street scenes of Baghdad

14. Street scenes of Baghdad - Hospital ship - H.M.S. Moth, Tigris River Monitor

15. Baghdad

16. German aviator's headstone - Armenian Tombstone - Grave of Field Marshall Von Der Goltz, Baghdad ... - Mosque, Weli-Abbas - Headstones in British Cemetery, Baghdad

17. Baghdad

18. Amara, Tigris River - Basra

19. Where we embarked for Australia (Calcutta, Mar 22, 1919) - Victoria Docks, Bombay, India, disembarked here from Mesopotamia - G.H.Q. Motor boat (60 miles per hour) - Persian oil wells, Shatt-el-arab - ...? Coaling Station, Persian Gulf

20. No. 12 Station A.W.S. `Weualab' - Xmas morning No. 12 Stn. 1918 -  No. 7 Stn. A.W.S. at lunch - The morning after Armistice Night - Off W.A. looking for Australia

21. Winter costume 14 Samarra - Summer 126 (off duty), Welwalab - Washing day, Sadegah - Waiting for troop train, Bombay - Embarking S.S. Janus

22. Spare pack, No. 12 Wireless Pack Stn. - No.4, A.W.S. on the move - Tony the cook, No. 7 Stn. A.W.S. - In the ... scrub `Shahraban' - Going for mail `Samarra'

23. Xmas dinner 1918 - The menu Xmas 1918 - Our beds on the roof, Baghdad - Indian Farrier attached to A.W.S. - Horse Line Billet, Baghdad (was Turkish Police Station)

24. S.S. Janus, April 1919 - Pillow fight - Mess orderlies galley - Off Jervis Bay, N.S.W. (everyone happy) - Porpoise swimming in front of `Janus' - Waiting to embark on H.M.S. Northbrook at Basra

25. Hawk stealing food from plate, Welali rest camp, India - Smallest man in British Army - British cemetery, Baghdad - Suspension bridge built by Indian's attached to Royal Engineers (Harnbis) - Mascoto

26. Samarra - Sheiks tomb - The Golden Dome Mosque - Pontoon bridge - Armenian residence destroyed by Turks - ziggurat & ruins - From the top of ziggurat (200 ft. high)

27. Weli-Abbas - Winnowing - Bringing in the harvest - Chaff cutting - Arabs - An Arab village

28. A son of the desert [camel] - Camels grazing - Kara Tappeh - Marsh Arabs village - Moving day - Returning from bazaar - Weli-Abbas

29. Wood gatherers - Hedgehog (much sort after by Arabs for food) - Arab women carrying water, Baghdad - Weli-Abbas, Arab Labour Corps digging a canal - Irrigation canal

30. Scrambling for Bachsheech, Welali, India - Chinese boy scouts, Singapore - Indian contortionists, Rest Camp, Welali, India - Indians at dinner, river boat - Indian beggars

31. Arab Sheiks - Turkish ammunition waggon - Mounted Arabs, Chaldari - Arab bride & groom, Chaldari

1. A.W.S. No. 7 Station Chaldry - Rest Camp Basra - A.W.S. No. 12 Station Weli-Abbas - Horse lines, Chaldary - HQ 7th Cav Bde, Chaldary
2. Three views of ...? Mosque, Baghdad - Two views of Esra's Tomb
3. Baghdad. On the way to the races - Saddling paddock - Bandstand - Getting ready to start - Hambis Steeplechase won by `Australia Jane'
4. Indian Transport Gharrys, Baghdad - S. Battlion R.H.A. with General Townsend, escaped from hut before being surrounded by Turks - Water wagon - Caterpillar tractor for hauling guns
5. Four sides of an Arab irrigation plant near Baghdad 
6. Ruins of Babylon
7. Christian Tomb in Baghdad looted by Arabs - Babylon Palace [ruins] - Garden of Eden - Ruins of Babylon - A rest on the top of the Babylonian Lion
8-9. Views of Baghdad
10. Views of Baghdad - Turkish Cavalry Barracks
11-13. Views and street scenes of Baghdad
14. Street scenes of Baghdad - Hospital ship - H.M.S. Moth, Tigris River Monitor
15. Baghdad
16. German aviator's headstone - Armenian Tombstone - Grave of Field Marshall Von Der Goltz, Baghdad ... - Mosque, Weli-Abbas - Headstones in British Cemetery, Baghdad
17. Baghdad
18. Amara, Tigris River - Basra
19. Where we embarked for Australia (Calcutta, Mar 22, 1919) - Victoria Docks, Bombay, India, disembarked here from Mesopotamia - G.H.Q. Motor boat (60 miles per hour) - Persian oil wells, Shatt-el-arab - ...? Coaling Station, Persian Gulf
20. No. 12 Station A.W.S. `Weualab' - Xmas morning No. 12 Stn. 1918 -  No. 7 Stn. A.W.S. at lunch - The morning after Armistice Night - Off W.A. looking for Australia
21. Winter costume 14 Samarra - Summer 126 (off duty), Welwalab - Washing day, Sadegah - Waiting for troop train, Bombay - Embarking S.S. Janus
22. Spare pack, No. 12 Wireless Pack Stn. - No.4, A.W.S. on the move - Tony the cook, No. 7 Stn. A.W.S. - In the ... scrub `Shahraban' - Going for mail `Samarra'
23. Xmas dinner 1918 - The menu Xmas 1918 - Our beds on the roof, Baghdad - Indian Farrier attached to A.W.S. - Horse Line Billet, Baghdad (was Turkish Police Station)
24. S.S. Janus, April 1919 - Pillow fight - Mess orderlies galley - Off Jervis Bay, N.S.W. (everyone happy) - Porpoise swimming in front of `Janus' - Waiting to embark on H.M.S. Northbrook at Basra
25. Hawk stealing food from plate, Welali rest camp, India - Smallest man in British Army - British cemetery, Baghdad - Suspension bridge built by Indian's attached to Royal Engineers (Harnbis) - Mascoto
26. Samarra - Sheiks tomb - The Golden Dome Mosque - Pontoon bridge - Armenian residence destroyed by Turks - ziggurat & ruins - From the top of ziggurat (200 ft. high)
27. Weli-Abbas - Winnowing - Bringing in the harvest - Chaff cutting - Arabs - An Arab village
28. A son of the desert [camel] - Camels grazing - Kara Tappeh - Marsh Arabs village - Moving day - Returning from bazaar - Weli-Abbas
29. Wood gatherers - Hedgehog (much sort after by Arabs for food) - Arab women carrying water, Baghdad - Weli-Abbas, Arab Labour Corps digging a canal - Irrigation canal
30. Scrambling for Bachsheech, Welali, India - Chinese boy scouts, Singapore - Indian contortionists, Rest Camp, Welali, India - Indians at dinner, river boat - Indian beggars
31. Arab Sheiks - Turkish ammunition waggon - Mounted Arabs, Chaldari - Arab bride & groom, Chaldari

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