Four unidentified men sorting through empty shell cases which were collected from Australian and ...

Accession Number A02043
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula
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

Four unidentified men sorting through empty shell cases which were collected from Australian and Turkish guns, ready to be refilled and reused. The Turkish cases were used for making improvised bombs. The soldier in the foreground holding a shell is wearing glasses and smoking a pipe.

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