Accession Number | P03557.004 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula |
Date made | c 28 April 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Five members of 7th (Queensland) Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, resting after three ...
Description
Five members of 7th (Queensland) Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, resting after three intense days of fighting after the landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The soldier reading The Sphere newspaper is 1665 Gunner Andrew Roderick McDowall; the other soldiers are unidentified. Later promoted to Sergeant, he returned to Australia on 21 December 1917 due to recurrent malaria.