| Accession Number | C03188 |
|---|---|
| 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
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An unidentified soldier laying grave border stones at an Australian cemetery on the Gallipoli ...
Description
An unidentified soldier laying grave border stones at an Australian cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula. A row of closely placed crosses indicate the site of a group grave in the foreground, the centre of which is marked by four rows of shell nose cones in the soil. The unidentified graves in the row, from left to right, are: Two unidentified; 1328 Private (Pte) George Herbert Allen, 14th Battalion, native of Lorne, Vic, killed in action on 1 May 1915, aged 30 years (third); fourth unidentified; 101 Corporal Walter Batley Seaman, 10th Battalion, enlisted Blackwood, SA, killed in action on 19 May 1915 (fifth); sixth unidentified; 1357 Pte Sydney Brooks Holt, 10th Battalion, enlisted in Oaklands, SA, killed in action on 29 May 1915 (seventh); eighth unidentified; 1184 Pte Benjamin Thomas Thorpe, 10th Battalion, native of Port Lincoln, SA, killed in action on 19 May 1915, aged 25 years (ninth); tenth unidentified; 1452 Pte William Altree, 10th Battalion, enlisted at Thebarton, SA, killed in action on 29 May 1915, aged 19 years (eleventh).