"Outside Naval Officers Dug Out at Kangaroo Beach Suvla. Reading from left to right Staff Surgeon ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Suvla Bay Area
Accession Number P11155.007.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Suvla Bay Area
Date made August 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

"Outside Naval Officers Dug Out at Kangaroo Beach Suvla. Reading from left to right Staff Surgeon Morris RANR; Lieut Commander LS Bracegirdle RAN (Commanding); Lieut Bond RANR; Captain McRitchie RE; Major R Jellicoe RE (Legion of Honour) cousin of Admiral Jellicoe." (Original inscription). This image is from one of two albums (P11155 and P11165) relating to the service of Lieutenant Commander Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle RAN (later Commander, DSO), Officer Commanding the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train at Gallipoli.