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Hi, this is a fantastic old photo but it is not taken in Musgrave Street, I only wish it was.  Musgrave Street has some quite distinctive features which are not on the photo when you look at the building detail on the right side of the photo.  What I would say is that it is very likely that it is a Belfast barrack and there is a very good chance it was constructed by the same company who built Musgrave Street.  The window appears to be four pane as opposed to six pane and as there were several barracks built by the same company over a period of 6 or 7 years the same material was used on each barrack.  There were men from Musgrave Street and other barracks who served in South Afica and that is why I think this photo is so interesting as no doubt this man was pleased at getting the chance to have his photo taken prior to going to the war.  It is very difficult to pin the photo down to a particular barrack, I can only say with confidence that it is not Musgrave Street but it could be taken at perhaps four or five other barracks in Belfast.