Accession Number | G01180 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
Date made | August 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The grave of "Private Savoff, 14th Battalion". In this area, two Turks were noticed engaged in a ...
Description
The grave of "Private Savoff, 14th Battalion". In this area, two Turks were noticed engaged in a sniping duel with one Australian. An officer who saw them came back afterwards to see the result. The Australian was shot dead through the head. He had no identity disc but in his hand was a bit of paper and on it written "Private Savoff, 14th Battalion." The officer, seen standing beside the grave, buried him. However, the identity of the dead soldier remains a mystery, since no Private Savoff served with the 14th Battalion, or indeed with the AIF.