| Accession Number | G02136 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey |
| Date made | March 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Turkish troops being crowded into trucks for passage through the Taurus Mountain tunnels at ...
Description
Turkish troops being crowded into trucks for passage through the Taurus Mountain tunnels at Adana. Deaths from sickness and rail accidents are frequent on these journeys of demobilised men. Note the sign in German 'Mil-Gen Direktion Warschau' (Warsaw) at left behind the unidentified Australian soldier. One of a series of photographs taken on the Gallipoli Peninsula and other areas of Turkey under the direction of Captain C E W Bean of the Australian Historical Mission, during the months of February and March, 1919.