Images from the Phillip Schuler collection, both taken by and acquired by him.

Accession Number PS1566
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Shore, Charles
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli)
Date made 18 July 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

The court martial of New Zealand's Private (Pte) Jack Dunne at Quinn's Post on 18 July 1915. Dunne had been on the Gallipoli Peninsula since the landing on 25 April 1915. He had recently been hospitalised with dysentery, but had been released back to his battalion before he had fully recuperated. One mid-July afternoon, after having reported sick that morning, Pte Dunne fell asleep while on sentry duty. He was court martialled and sentenced to death for endangering the safety of his unit. General Sir Ian Hamilton rescinded Pte Dunne's sentence on 5 August 1915. Three days later, Pte Dunne died during the New Zealand defence of Chunuk Bair. This photograph was taken by Pte Charles Shore, 11th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion. Pte Shore photographed the event from a terrace above the parade ground outside the Wellington battalion's headquarters. The photograph shows the moment of Hamilton's sentence; Pte Dunne, bareheaded, stands lower left with his back to the photographer. This photograph was obtained by the newspaper correspondent Phillip Schuler.