| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART02868 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 30.6 x 23.3 cm; image: 28.2 x 19.8 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on cartridge paper |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 28 February 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Major Zeki Bey
Description
Depicts a portrait of Major Zeki Bey, Commander of a Turkish Regiment, who was a Turkish officer lent by the Ottoman General Staff to the Australian Historical Mission to Gallipoli in 1919, to provide information of the campaign from the Turkish side. He had been at Gallipoli for much of the Anzac occupation and was able to give first-hand accounts.