Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915. Well protected by stacks of sandbags, dugouts of a Battalion ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number P02282.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Stevenson, Walter Ormond
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915. Well protected by stacks of sandbags, dugouts of a Battalion Headquarters (BHQ) lie under dirt and stones on a bare hillside at Anzac. Scattered on the ground in the foreground are two tins covered by a tarpaulin (left), a water bottle, a jacket, two billies or dixies and a tin lying on its side.