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Accession Number J03022K
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Anzac Beach
Date made 25 April 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

Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. To purchase photograph please order J03022. Part of the 4th Battalion and the mules for the 26th (Jacob's) Indian Mountain Battery landing at 8 am. In the foreground looking at the landing boats is the staff of Colonel H N MacLaurin, 1st Infantry Brigade. The officer with the rolled greatcoat over his shoulder is Major F D Irvine, Brigade Major (3), who was killed on 27 April 1915. To his immediate left is Lieutenant W T McDonald, Quartermaster (2). Nearer the water's edge (centre) is Captain D M King, Orderly Officer (5). The officer on the left, with his chin strap down, is Lieutenant R G Hamilton, the Brigade Signal Officer (1). At the water's edge lies an Australian engineer, 191 Sapper Fred Reynolds, 1st Field Company Engineers(4), possibly the first to fall at Gallipoli. At left is the landing boat A8.