GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, TURKEY, 1915-04-25. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A DESTROYER STANDING OFF-SHORE AT ...

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Accession Number P01016.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, TURKEY, 1915-04-25. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A DESTROYER STANDING OFF-SHORE AT ANZAC COVE ON SUNDAY 25 April 1915, WAITING TO TRANSFER TROOPS OF THE 1ST BATTALION AIF TO ROWING BOATS IN WHICH THEY WERE TOWED ASHORE BY STEAM BOATS. IN THE BACKGROUND IS PLUGGE'S PLATEAU. THIS GROUP OF SOLDIERS LANDED BELOW ITS SOUTHERN EDGE. (DONOR M. HAMILTON)