H03920 Accession Number: H03920

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Gallipoli Penninsula, Turkey. Australian burial parties burying Australian and Turkish dead during the armistice. More than 3000 Turks and approximately 160 Australians were killed during the Turkish counter attack on 19 May 1915. Appoximately one million rounds of ammunition were fired during the one day attack. The stench from the dead was so unbearable that the Turks initiated a nine hour armistice so that both sides could recover and bury the dead.

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Accession Number
H03920
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 May 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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