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| Accession Number | ART09558 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 130.8 cm x 238.1 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Location | Main Bld: First World War Gallery: The Anzac Story: Gallipoli |
| Maker |
Wheeler, Charles |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1927 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Charge of the 2nd Infantry Brigade at Krithia
Description
Late in the afternoon of 8 May 1915, at half an hours notice, the Australian and New Zealand troops received orders to attack the village of Krithia to the south of the Anzac area. Moving across a thousand metres of open plain against intense fire the attackers lost over a third of their number. Depicts a landscape scene of the 2nd Infantry Brigade leaving Tommy's Trench to cross No Man's Land towards the Turkish village of Krithia, urged on by the Brigade Commander General McCay. Krithia can be seen in the background.
Related information
Conflicts
Places
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Cape Helles Area, Achi Baba
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Cape Helles Area, Cape Helles
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Cape Helles Area, Krithia