Informal portrait of two unidentified Australian soldiers at rest, smoking pipes, in a dugout. ...

Accession Number P11232.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Lovett, Arthur John
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
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

Informal portrait of two unidentified Australian soldiers at rest, smoking pipes, in a dugout. One of a collection of photographs thought to be taken by 440 Trooper (Tpr) Arthur Lovett, 3rd Light Horse Regiment. Tpr Lovett enlisted as a 20 year old bank clerk from Hobart, Tasmania. He served at Gallipoli until August 1915, when he was evacuated sick to England. In December 1915 he was granted a commission in the British Army.

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