Collection related to the service of Harold Arthur Barker

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Accession Number J05582
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Barker, Harold Arthur
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula
Date made 25 April 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The position covering Quinn's Post and the Chessboard on the Gallipoli Peninsula occupied by the 7th Battalion Machine Gun section, which was operating apart from the 7th Infantry Battalion, the latter being somewhere to the right. Facing the camera is Private Ridgway, later Lieutenant Ridgway, 15th Brigade. The photograph was taken about 1500 hours.