Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1 June 1915. The Garland bomb mortar in action at Quinn's Post, ...

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Accession Number G01008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Date made 1 June 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

Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1 June 1915. The Garland bomb mortar in action at Quinn's Post, Anzac. This mortar threw a bomb with a white calico tail. A bomb was disappearing over the triangular stick, which served as an aiming post, at the time the photograph was taken.