Three members of the 8th Australian Light Horse Regimental Signal Station, sit with their ...

Accession Number B00277
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Campbell, James Pinkerton
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine, North Palestine, Lake Tiberias, Tiberias
Date made 26 September 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Three members of the 8th Australian Light Horse Regimental Signal Station, sit with their heliograph set up on the pier on the Sea of Galilee. This photograph was published in The Kia Ora Coo-ee, 15 November 1918, p. 11, with the following caption: 'A signal post, Tiberias'. The ancient township of Tiberias is on the west bank of Lake Tiberias, also known as the Sea of Galilee.

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