Kanuk, Kurdistan. 1919-08. Stopping for a rest approaching the top of the pass above Kanuk are ...

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Accession Number P00562.164
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Kanuk, Kurdistan. 1919-08. Stopping for a rest approaching the top of the pass above Kanuk are members of Major General Nightingale's Column (Nightcol), Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. No. 14 Station, `D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, was half-way down the far side of this pass when it was ordered to re-ascend and pass messages for the Column to headquarters in Mosul. (Donor E. Keast Burke)