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- Collection: Saunders, John Walter Gifford
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The barracks
Two rows barracks with a short joining barrack around an open space with furled canvas fronts, inside of which are rows of camp beds. Telegraph wires and poles pass above the barracks with trees in the background. There are three men standing in the…
Relaxing on a camp bed
John, reading wearing long wooden socks, shorts and shirt with rolled up sleeves. His head is resting on a pillow top of folded blankets above which is hanging a metal mess tin. Other camp beds are arranged along the corrugated wall with uniforms…
John standing by a grass hut
John standing, with hands in pockets, outside grass huts. He is wearing long socks, shorts and shirt, rolled up sleeves and a half cap with a white band. On the reverse 'Yours truly in front of grass huts'.
Avenue of huts
Single storey grass roofed huts with a serviceman standing outside number 22. The huts are arranged along a roadway with trees. The reverse is annotated 'This shows part of an avenue of huts. Unfortunately I took it the wrong way round'.
Accommodation huts
A row of five single storey, pitched grass roofed huts arranged along a tree lined roadway. The entrances have screens and lights above with utility wires passing above. On the reverse 'This snap shot shows an avenue of huts similar to the one I am…
A group of men mending a puncture
Four bareheaded, uniformed men changing the wheel of a car with the top up, having removed their jackets. The registration of the car begins B 57 and there is a wheel separate to the car. John is crouching at the back of the group. On the reverse…
Tags: aircrew
Men around a camp fire
Sixteen men in uniform around the ashes of a camp fire. Thirteen of the men are standing and three are sat in front. Eight are holding enamel cups. John is standing second from the right with a camera slung across his body. On the reverse 'This was…
Tags: aircrew
Taking a rest
A group of four men in desert uniform, three of whom are sitting and one standing, overlooking open hilly scrubland. on the reverse 'My party taking a rest on top of one of the hills. This photograph illustrates the country we had to cross on the 35…
Tags: training