C01522 Accession Number: C01522

Description

Informal group portrait of six unidentified members of the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, five of them seated on a good tempered gun team horse. The gunners of the Brigade were serving on the Gallipoli Peninsula, but the drivers had returned to Egypt with the horses, which could not be used on the rugged Turkish terrain.

Details

Accession Number
C01522
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
October 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Warrant Officer Ayre
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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