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Photographs relating to Love’s war service [PRG 214/42/57] • Photograph

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Summary

Photographs taken by J.R.B. Love, or by others using his camera, whilst on active service in Egypt in the Camel Corps. See attached list for details of individual images and a more detailed biographical note.

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Physical description

70 photographs : black and white ; 14.5 x 20 cm or smaller

Dates / Publication details

1915-1918

Photographer

Love, J. R. B

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Great Britain. Army. Imperial Camel Corps Brigade
Australia -- Army -- Australian Light Horse
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Egypt

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Love enlisted in the Australian Light Horse in Adelaide on 9 November 1915, but was transferred to the Camel Corps on his arrival in Egypt. He spent most of 1916 patrolling in the desert west of the Nile until December when his regiment was moved to eastern Egypt to reinforce the campaign against the Turks. Throughout 1917 he was engaged in the fighting as the British advanced into Palestine; with 'resting' periods on the Suez Canal ('resting' included patrols in the Sinai desert). In August 1917 he attended an officer training school in Cairo, and was commissioned second lieutenant. Love took command of a machine gun section in the Imperial Camel Corps, and was promoted to Lieutenant in November 1917. In March 1918 the Imperial Camel Corps moved from western Palestine down into the Jordan valley, crossed the Jordan near the Dead Sea, climbed up to the plateau to the east and, with some Light Horse and infantry, unsuccessfully attacked Amman. For his part in this action Love was awarded the Military Cross. In April the Turks made a strong counter attack on Musallabeh, which was repelled by the Camel men. The Imperial Camel Corps was disbanded in June 1918 and Love's regiment became the 14th Australian Light Horse. In the final stage of the Palestine campaign this regiment worked north through the middle of Palestine and then to Damascus. Love was wounded on the outskirts of Damascus on 1 October and returned to Australia in January 1919.

Digitisation information

Date

17/01/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,393 x 6,406 pixels (28.1 MP)

Size

84.45 MB

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