Five unidentified soldiers, the soldier second left is smoking a cigarette, waiting their turn to ...

Accession Number A01006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Jacobs, Harold
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made c 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

Five unidentified soldiers, the soldier second left is smoking a cigarette, waiting their turn to sharpen their bayonets prior to the Lone Pine attack. The sharpening was purely by personal desire and not by any official order.