P11155.022.001 Accession Number: P11155.022.001

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"'A miss is as good as a mile'. A Turkish shell which missed New Pier and our lighters & hit the water at Suvla." (Original inscription). "A miss is as good as a mile, a big shell near my pier at Suvla, Gallipoli" (Album caption). This image is from one of two albums (P11155 and P11165) relating to the service of Lieutenant Commander Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle RAN (later Commander, DSO), Officer Commanding the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train at Gallipoli. The album print, marked "To be kept clean & returned", was lent for reproduction in the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Vol XII .

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Accession Number
P11155.022.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
October - November 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
DONOR B. BRACEGIRDLE
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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