GALLIPOLI, 1915. ONE OF THE ANZAC CEMETERIES, SHOWING WHITE WOODEN CROSSES MARKING THE BURIAL ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number P01116.058
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

GALLIPOLI, 1915. ONE OF THE ANZAC CEMETERIES, SHOWING WHITE WOODEN CROSSES MARKING THE BURIAL PLACE OF PRIVATE MAITLAND PETERS, LIEUTENANT (LT) WILLIAM HENRY DAWKINS, AND OTHERS. LT DAWKINS WAS A GRADUATE OF THE FIRST INTAKE OF CADETS OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE DUNTROON AND WAS THE FIRST OFFICER OF NO. 2 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TO BE KILLED ON GALLIPOLI ON 1915-05-12. (COLLECTION A.D. HOOD, DONOR J. BORSTEL)