A day in the trenches

Sketchbook containing 22 pencil sketches of Egypt and Turkey

Places	Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey Oceania: Australia
Accession Number	ART09447.016
Collection type	Art
Measurement	Sheet: 13 x 8.9 cm
Object type	Work on paper
Physical description	pencil on paper
Maker	Elliott, Dudley Marwood
Place made	Ottoman Empire: Turkey
Date made	1915
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A small sketch of soldiers sleeping in a trench, surrounded by piles of supplies, clothing and their weapons. The drawing is by Lt. Dudley Marwood Elliott. He served with the 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry and died of wounds on 18 September 1918 near Roisel, France. D M Elliott was born in Brighton, Victoria in 1896, enlisted in August 1914, aged 18 and a half years and had been an architect before joining the Army.