Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 7 August 1915. It was over this country that the New Zealand ...

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Accession Number G01162
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Date made 7 August 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 7 August 1915. It was over this country that the New Zealand infantry advanced during the early hours of the morning. Attacking up Chailak Dere they reached Rhododendron Spur, the highest point on the extreme left. Chunuk Bair, the distant hill on the right, was attacked at about 11 o'clock, but was not reached until the next morning.