Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Lone Pine Area, Lone Pine |
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Accession Number | G01939 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original whole-plate negative |
Maker |
Wilkins, George Hubert |
Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula |
Date made | 1919 |
Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The remains of trenches and overhead cover at Lone Pine from which both sides would throw bombs ...
Description
The remains of trenches and overhead cover at Lone Pine from which both sides would throw bombs at each other. The Turkish monument, which marks the spot where the Anzac August 1915 advance at Lone Pine was stopped by the Turks, is on the left. Major Zeki Bey, a Turkish soldier who fought at Anzac during 1915 is standing on the skyline at left. One of a series of photographs taken on the Gallipoli Peninsula under the direction of Captain C E W Bean of the Australian Historical Mission, during the months of February and March, 1919.