tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post938274471327822577..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: The Imperial Camel Corpssnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-78782979778029071902018-11-17T11:44:38.132-08:002018-11-17T11:44:38.132-08:00My great grandfather who was in the icc nzef was b...My great grandfather who was in the icc nzef was bitten by a camel on his arm and sent homeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12882705137730403273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-74416797025104117342018-01-31T23:28:37.746-08:002018-01-31T23:28:37.746-08:00I'm not sure what a "King street private&...I'm not sure what a "King street private" bites like, but a letter home from newly recruited I.C.C. said the camels bit like them. He says he's taken up "Tod Sloaning" camels. Tod Sloan was a famous American jockey, who rode low rather than upright in the saddle. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221367931?searchTerm=Australian%20camel%20corps&searchLimitsBrisbanelattesipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16833739065671846825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-49535265094290082772016-11-21T03:38:45.174-08:002016-11-21T03:38:45.174-08:00I enlarged my pictures of this memorial and I coun...I enlarged my pictures of this memorial and I counted 346 with 19 battalion honours/places fought from 1916,17,and 18.<br />A quick check brought up names of the cemeteries where some are buried, Jerusalem and Gaza to names just two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-14189439679288808482016-11-16T10:31:26.458-08:002016-11-16T10:31:26.458-08:00I almost got bitten by a camel too, in Jijiga, Eth...I almost got bitten by a camel too, in Jijiga, Ethiopia. They can be nasty critters. Very interesting article--thank you! David BeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com