A parade of stretcher bearers of the 1st Field Ambulance about four days after the landing at ...

Accession Number C02148
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Brighton Beach
Date made c 29 April 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 parade of stretcher bearers of the 1st Field Ambulance about four days after the landing at Anzac Cove. Major Edward Sutherland Stokes is reading divisional orders warning the men against the use of bayonets. The other officers present are Captain Charles Ernest Wassell (wearing glasses), subsequently awarded the DSO, and Captain William Elphinstone Kay.