Dead man's patch

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number ART90811
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 24.2 x 16.8 cm (irreg.)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and black ink on card
Maker Silas, Ellis
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A signaller on the left is carrying messages through the line of attack; two dead figures lying on the ground centre of image. The landscape is rocky and hilly.