Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 26 April 1915. Some of the boats used in the landing at Anzac on Ari ...

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Accession Number G00917
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Date made 26 April 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 26 April 1915. Some of the boats used in the landing at Anzac on Ari Burnu beach on 25 April 1915. Towed by small warships and steamboats, these vessels were brought to within wading distance of the shore under Turkish shell and rifle fire.