Dugouts in Wright's Gully at rear of firing line at Chatham's Post covered in snow. This ...

Accession Number P12134.011.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Black, Reginald
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made c 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

Dugouts in Wright's Gully at rear of firing line at Chatham's Post covered in snow.

This photograph is from an abum of 59 photographs relating to Lt Black's service in Gallipoli. Lt Black of Sydney was 28 years old when he enlisted on 4 December 1914. After training at Holsworthy Camp in Liverpool NSW, he embarked on HMAT Suevic A29 on 21 December 1914. He joined the 6th Light Horse Regiment and served in Gallipoli from 15 May 1915 and in Maadi in the Middle East from 26 February 1916. He was Mentioned in Despatches on 6 July 1917 before being seriously wounded in the chest in August 1917. He died in hospital in Rafa, Palestine, on 19 August 1917. Lt Black was awarded the military cross for gallantry in action.

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