Australian burial parties burying Australian and Turkish dead during the armistice. More than ...

Accession Number H12818
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Ross, Ernest
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 24 May 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

Australian burial parties burying Australian and Turkish dead during the armistice. More than 3000 Turks and approximately 160 Australians were killed during the Turkish counter attack on 19 May 1915. Appoximately one million rounds of ammunition were fired during the one day attack. The stench from the dead was so unbearable that the Turks initiated a nine hour armistice so that both sides could recover and bury the dead. (Donor J. Cotton)