Two Complete and Largely Annotated World War I Photo Albums of Lance Corporal Brown of the Wellington Mounted Rifles. George (Gus) Brown embarked from New Zealand as a Trooper on 31 May 1917 with the 25th New Zealand Mr Reinforcements on the transport ship 'Moeraki' bound for Egypt. His occupation was shepherd - a common trade for the experienced horsemen of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles. He served throughout the Palestine campaign and survived the war. The two albums show the usual but limited number of tourist-type images as well as a huge selection of unique and unpublished images showing the Nzmr in Palestine and Egypt. As well as showing them crossing the Jericho pontoon bridge and the horse lines at Jordan, there are also images of the Nzmr at Richon Le Zion and of General Allenby. One series of images shows the Nzmr with horses and riders towing a plane (which seems to be a Royal Flying Corps plane rather than an enemy one). Other photos include the men at Moascar, Rafa, the Nile and Ismalia. As well as photos of enemy prisoners there are photos of damaged tanks and guns, fellow Nzmr troopers and officers and ships of the Australian Navy. The survival of these complete and annotated albums is of importance, more so that the owner is identified. Additional provenance includes a photograph of Brown and his large (damaged) World War I certificate of service. Following the war Gus Brown returned to farming and became manager of Te Mai Station near Masterton, the property belonging to a relative - George Paine. Gus Brown died aged 52 of a heart ailment and is buried at Hamilton Cemetery. His grandfather was Samuel Brown, Mayor of Wellington and who presented a large cast iron lamp (the city's first electric lamp) to the city in 1883 and which still stands at the junction of Featherston St. and Lambton Quay. The Mounted Brigade comprised 147 officers and 2897 other ranks. It served as part of the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division and was deployed in April 1916 to the Sinai Peninsula. They served in the desert until the Turkish capitulation on 31 October 1918. It was disbanded on 30 June 1919. It took part in the battles such as Romani (28 July 1916), Gaza (16 April 1917), the fall of Jaffa (16 November 1917) and the capture of Jerusalem (9 December 1917). Much of the work carried out in the desert was in the form of long range reconnaissance patrols using camels