| Accession Number | G01172 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Portrait of Francis Morphet Twisleton, examining a revolver taken from a Turkish officer. ...
Description
Portrait of Francis Morphet Twisleton, examining a revolver taken from a Turkish officer. Twisleton served in the Boer War with the Second New Zealand Contingent of mounted soldiers. At the outbreak of the First World War he enlisted with the new Zealand Expeditionary Force and was Commissioned as lieutenant and was posted to the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment and landed at Gallipoli on 20 May 1915. Twisleton was awarded the Military Cross and was mentioned in despatches for his bravery during this campaign. In March 1916 he was promoted to captain and transferred to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion and in October 1917 he was posted to the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment in Palestine. In October 1917 he was promoted to major and given command of a squadron. On the 14 November in action at Ayun Kara he was shot in the abdomen and died three days later. Twisleton was posthumously awarded the Pioneer Axe from the Legion of Frontiersman, their highest honour.