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Soldier on wall of Dhobi Ghat

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Edwin Cross sent a large number of photographs to his sister Muriel during the First World War, showing scenes he witnessed while serving in India with the Machine Gun Corps. The image shows a soldier on the wall of a Dhobi Ghat: the inscription on the back reads " 'Dhobi Ghat' where our clothes are washed. Near Abbottabad, Oct 1917". [Abbottabad, India - now Pakistan].

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Iris Francis
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Iris Francis 2010
Publisher Ref:
WVP00836
Item uploaded:
15/11/2011
Date originally created:
10/1917
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