The grave of "Private Savoff, 14th Battalion". In this area, two Turks were noticed engaged in a ...

Accession Number G01180
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.