This lantern slide, "Moascar - Interior (1915-1918)," shows around nine men standing or sitting in one of the Moascar Isolation Camp buildings. During World War I, the Moascar Isolation Camp, located in Ismailia, Egypt, provided the final preparation for entrainment to Alexandria and the Western Front. The isolation camps screened soldiers arriving in Egypt as reinforcements for two weeks, checking for any illnesses such as measles which can break out when people are crowded together for long periods.
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Notes:
Ismailia is a city in north-eastern Egypt, situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal. During World War I, the Australian Y.M.C.A. ran soldiers’ clubs, etc., in Cairo, Alexandria, and elsewhere. They also pooled their resources with the United States, Canada, England, and New Zealand to form the International Hospitality League and provided social services to all Allied troops. This slide is part of an unnumbered collection of lantern slides in Springfield College's collection depicting the Australian YMCA war work during World War I.
Minor damage.; Text on border reads: "Moascar - Interior Aust. YM[CA] improvisde [sic] NAT. HUT."
Part of the Australian Y.M.C.A. WWI Lantern Slide Series
