Photographs relating to the service of Stanislaus Acton Nunan, c.1917-1919

Photographs relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Stanislaus Acton Nunan, No.1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, and Syria, c.1917-1919.

Collection contains 43 photographs and souvenir picture postcards relating to the military service of Lieutenant Stanislaus Action Nunan. Some of the photographs were taken by Lieutenant Nunan himself or collected by him while on active service and recreational leave at Palmyra, Akaba, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Damascus, Cairo, Hama and Alexandria. Collection also includes a photograph of Lieutenant Nunan's brother, Paul Connell Nunan with five members of 6th Field Ambulance.

This file contains:

Informal portrait of an unidentified German pilot and observer with three Australians, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of the wreakage of a tank, [date unknown];
Photograph of four grounded aircraft outside a hanger, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of ten men holding rifles mounted on horses welcoming British troops, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of eleven men, some holding rifles, [date unknown];
Photograph of thirteen men, one holding a rifle mounted on a horse, [date unknown];
Photograph of an improvised tractor pulling a cart full of men at aerodrome, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of Major Stent going for a joy ride in a German Scout, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of the entrance of the tomb of Daniel, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of a small entrance way to the ruins of ancient building with Corinthian columns, [date unknown];
Informal group portrait of Paul Connell Nunan with five members of [6th Field Ambulance] standing on deck of a ship, [date unknown];
Photograph of the front of a Bristol Fighter, [date unknown];
Photograph of the detail of Corinthian columns, entablature and archway [at Palmyra], [date unknown];
Group portrait of Stanislaus Acton Nunan and officers of the navy, army and airforce at Akaba [or Aqaba], [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Informal group portrait of Armenian refugees in an Egyptian refugee camp, [c.1914-1923] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of three women at a well holding large water jars over their heads, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of an Arab village, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Informal portrait of two young Arabic women, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of a street in Bethlehem, two women walking, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of a captured German Albatross Scout outside an aircraft hangar, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of a group of local men and British officers near the water at Akaba [Aqaba], [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of a group of local inhabitants drawing water from a well, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of a procession of Catholic soldiers visiting the tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [15 August 1918];
Photograph of a procession of Catholic soldiers entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, [15 August 1918];
Photograph of [Stanislaus Acton Nunan] standing with two local men, [Palestine], [date unknown];
Studio portrait of Stanislaus Acton Nunan wearing headdress with a waterpipe, [date unknown];
Informal portrait of Stanislaus Acton Nunan wearing leather flying coat, standing in front of aircraft, [1914-1918];
Photograph of a street in Damascus, raily tracks at centre, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of the Orontes River in Syria, noria or water wheel at centre, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of the Orontes River and the ancient city of Hama, Syria, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Studio portrait of an Arabian prince with his soliders going to Baalbeck, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of two noras or water wheels on the Orontes River at Hama, Syria, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Souvenir photograph of the Sphynix and pyramid, [date unknown];
Informal portrait of two unidentified local men wearing headdress, [date unknown];
Picture postcard of the first British plane to arrive in [Palestine], [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of the Golden Gate at Jerusalem, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of a Jewish woman and a man praying at the Wailing Wall at Jerusalem, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of the entrance to the Casino San Stefano at Alexandria, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of the Mosque of Omar at Jerusalem, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Photograph of the entrance of the Casino San Stefano at Alexandria, women holding parasols, [date unknown] [Caption on verso];
Informal portrait of Stanislaus Acton Nunan and Murphy standing outside a tent, [date unknown];
Group portrait of C Flight, No.1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, [November 1918] [Caption on verso]; and
Photograph of two unidentified pilots repairing aircraft suspended using scaffolding, [date unknown].