Gallipoli, Turkey. An Australian soldier using a periscope rifle. The periscope rifle had been ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number H02310
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date made 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

Gallipoli, Turkey. An Australian soldier using a periscope rifle. The periscope rifle had been invented by Lance Corporal (later Sergeant) W.C.B. Beech of the 2nd Battalion.