A view of Shell Green formerly a cotton field on the seaward slope of a ridge inland from the ...

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Accession Number H00345
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Bolton's Ridge, Shell Green
Date made c 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

A view of Shell Green formerly a cotton field on the seaward slope of a ridge inland from the Anzac landing area. Later the scene of a cricket match played by Australians as an attempt to deceive the Turks about plans for the evacuation of forces in late December 1915.