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Description: | James McBey 15 June 1917.
image: men of the Egyptian Labour Corps unload large planks of wood from a pile in a barge to the right, which is moored at a dock side. A British soldier in pith helmet stands at the edge of the dock, checking items off a list. In the foreground two smaller barges are moored side by side, narrow gangways leading from the dock side to the boats and a bare chested boy sitting on the barge to the right. In the background are numerous workers and two large merchant ships.
Wellington House commission, transferred to Dept and Ministry of Information and then to the Imperial War
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Optimised | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Egypt supplies / provisions shipping Merchant Navy Royal Engineers British Army 1914-1918 Military Personnel British Army Merchant Navy 1914-1918 Egyptian Labour Corps workers Palestine and Arabia 1914-1918 First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | McBey, James | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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