GALLIPOLI, C. DECEMBER 1915. LIEUTENANT NORMAN MATTHEW PEARCE, 6TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number P01309.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

GALLIPOLI, C. DECEMBER 1915. LIEUTENANT NORMAN MATTHEW PEARCE, 6TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT, OUTSIDE THE SANDBAGGED ENTRANCE OF HIS DUGOUT. HE IS WEARING A SHEEPSKIN JACKET IN THE WINTER COLD. LT PEARCE WAS KILLED IN ACTION 1916-07-29 AND IS BURIED AT KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, EGYPT. (DONOR G. TERRY)