Major Kemal Ohri, a Turkish Army officer, being led blindfolded through Anzac lines to Lieutenant ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli)
Accession Number H03952
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli)
Date made 22 May 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

Major Kemal Ohri, a Turkish Army officer, being led blindfolded through Anzac lines to Lieutenant General Sir William Riddell Birdwood, Anzac Corps Headquarters, as an envoy to negotiate an armistice to allow burial of the dead. Major Sam Butler carries a white truce flag.