A group of wounded soldiers being taken from Gallipoli to Egypt by ship. Most display some form ...

Accession Number A01150
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made At sea
Date made 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

A group of wounded soldiers being taken from Gallipoli to Egypt by ship. Most display some form of bandage. Identified is Captain (Capt) Charles Aloysius Denehy of the 7th Battalion, centre foreground smoking a pipe. He has his hand on a bulldog and this may be the mascot of the 7th Battalion who had a bulldog mascot called "Old Bill". Capt Denehy of Rutherglen, Vic, was a school teacher prior to his enlistment.