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Named on the back left to right: English Tommy - An English soldier?

Hookey Walker - possibly David Henry Walker #2022 - Imperial Camel Corps.

Fatty Wright - this man is a Lieutenant and I found Lieutenant Charles Robert Victor Wright - 1st Anzac Battalion - Imperial Camel Corps - he earned a Military Cross and Serbian Order of the White Eagle, Third Class and became a Major - and was later given an O.B.E. (If this man is Charles Wright then the following information was given by the South Australian Genealogical and Heraldry Society. "Colonel Charles Robert Victor WRIGHT died 2 Feb 1969 in the Repatriation General Hospital Daw Park SA aged 86yrs of Unley Park buried in Derrick Gardens at Centennial Park Cemetery

A website Combat Colonels in AIF Mt Warby has a detailed report of Major C R V Wright born 22 July 1882 ENGLAND (registered in Sep quarter of 1882 at Islington /London) enlisted 1915 in Egypt

His marriage is registered in Sep quarter 1909 at Camberwell ENGLAND to Beatrice Emily COPPIN who died 26 Nov 1968 aged 77yrs of 7 King St, UNLEY PARK SA buried Centennial Park Cemetery Their children are - Edna Katherine May married PAYNE - died January 1981 buried with her mother Norman Ralph born 19-6-1913 Kanpur INDIA died 18 Nov 2000 Grange SA - there is a website Betty born 14 Dec 1915 Exeter SA married McLeod Hunwick ? according to Norman's website")

Vic Reynolds I found Victor Arthur Reynolds #2347 - 1st Anzac Battalion - Signalman - serving in Egypt - in the 1st Imperial Camel Corps

Reg Jephcott I found Lieutenant Reginald Francis Jephcott #13 - 1st Anzac Battalion Headquarters and 1st Imperial Camel Corps in Egypt - he earned the Military Cross.

The Imperial Camel Corps (ICC) was formed in January 1916 in order to deal with the revolt of pro-Turkish Senussi tribesmen in Egypt's Western Desert. The first four companies were recruited from Australian infantry battalions recuperating after Gallipoli. Four battalions were eventually formed. The 1st and 3rd were entirely Australian, the 2nd was British, and the 4th was a mix of Australians and New Zealanders. The ICC also had its own machine gun unit, and a battery of light artillery recruited in Hong Kong and Singapore.

The operations of the ICC in the Western Desert in 1916 were characterised by long patrols and brief skirmishes with the Senussi. British commanders in Egypt appreciated the fighting qualities of the ICC and in late 1916 the ICC was transferred to the Sinai desert to take part in operations against the Turkish army. Here the battalions of the ICC fought alongside Australian light horse units at Romani, Magdhaba and Rafa.

The ICC remained an integral part of the British and dominion force that advanced north through Palestine in 1917 and 1918. It suffered particularly heavily during the Second Battle of Gaza on 19 April 1917, and in the operations conducted in November to destroy the Turkish defensive line between Gaza and Beersheba. As the ICC moved into the more fertile country of northern Palestine, its practicality declined. The camels needed more fodder and water than equivalent numbers of horses, and, unimpeded by the desert, horses could move much faster. The bulk of the ICC was disbanded in June 1918 and the Australians were used to form the 14th and 15th Light Horse Regiments.

The men of the ICC had a rough reputation, largely because when the Corps was originally formed Australian battalion commanders had seized upon it as an opportunity to offload some of their more difficult characters. In 1917 a British supply dump at Rafa was warned to double their guards as the ICC was going to be camped nearby. The men of the ICC were, however, resourceful and effective. While defending a hill called Musallabeh in April 1918, some Australians of the ICC ran out of hand grenades. They resorted to heaving boulders down upon the attacking Turks and eventually fought them off. The hill became known as the "Camel's Hump".