Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. December 1915. It was believed for a long time that a Turkish sniper ...

Accession Number G01319
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Date made December 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. December 1915. It was believed for a long time that a Turkish sniper was located in the crevice in the Sphinx's head and heavy fire from the Anzacs was directed against it in April 1915. The belief was probably without foundation.

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