| Place | Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Ghezireh |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2016.657.1.6 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Egypt: Cairo, Ghezireh |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Collection relating to the service of 181 Private Timothy William McCristal, 1st Light Horse
Description
View of No 2 Australian General Hospital in Ghezireh, where 181 Private (Pte) Timothy William McCristal, 1st Light Horse, recuperated for 11 weeks after having shrapnel removed from his right thigh. Caption on back, written by Pte McCristal, reads: "And this is Ghezireh. So there are not many who can say they have lived in a Kings Palace." One of a group of seven photographs sent to Pte McCristal's friend 8/508 William Woods, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, in the mid-late 1920's. Pte McCristal and Woods were likely to have met while recovering from wounds in hospital at Gallipoli. Pte McCristal was repatriated after he was wounded and became a colourful and controversial figure in the mid-twentieth century NSW labour movement.