The support area, probably on the right flank, waiting to go into the trenches for the assault on ...

Accession Number A03305
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 7 August 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 support area, probably on the right flank, waiting to go into the trenches for the assault on Lone Pine at Anzac Cove. All the men wore white armlets and white square patches on their backs to distinguish them when darkness fell.

Related information