Maps : Private J D Mack, 8 Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Places	Africa: Egypt Africa: Egypt, Cairo Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai, Rafa Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Lebanon, Tripoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Gaza Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Jerusalem Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, North Palestine, Haifa Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey Middle East: Syria Middle East: Syria, Damascus Middle East: Syria, North Syria, Homs
Accession Number	REL30424.002
Collection type	Heraldry
Object type	Personal Equipment
Physical description	Paper; Cotton
Maker	Various
Date made	c 1914-1918
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

A collection of seventeen maps from the Middle Eastern region. The maps include: Syria (Beirut); Homs; Haifa; Sinai (Rafa); Syria (Tripoli); Bilbeis (Lower Egypt); Egypt (Qatia); Egypt (Cairo); Damascus; Gaza and district; Egypt; Syria (Jerusalem); Palestine;
Lower Egypt (Faqus); Eastern Turkey in Asia (Alexandretta); and Ladikiya Zifta (Egypt).

History / Summary

Maps collected by 524 Private John Dodd Mack. Mack was born in Lismore, NSW and was educated at Geelong College, Victoria. He worked as a Station Manager in Berry Bank, Victoria, before enlisting in 8 Light Horse Regiment, AIF, on 6 January 1915. He was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal on 3 December 1917. Mack was wounded in action at Es Salt, Palestine, on 3 May 1918. He embarked for return to Australia on 11 June 1919, aboard the troopship 'Dorset', and he was discharged on 10 August 1919.