The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two Anzac soldiers stand on either side of a captured Turkish sniper. Turkish snipers sometimes concealed themselves in bushes for camouflage. This scene could depict the capture of a Turkish sniper described in a letter from 1763 Private (Pte) Arthur Greenwood, 8th Battalion, Royal Victoria (RV) Hospital, Netley, Hampshire, to his family, dated 16 February 1916. Pte Greenwood's letter was written in response to his parents having seen a photograph of himself and another Anzac, identified by Pte Greenwood as "G. Clifton NSW" (possibly 1930 Pte George Clifton, 8th Battalion, later 5th Pioneer Battalion), escorting a camouflaged Turkish sniper. Pte Greenwood wrote: "That Black you see in the picture was concealed in the scrub decorated as you see him you could not see him in daytime he being exactly like a bush..." The sniper had been hiding in scrub for some time -- "He was getting a lot of our men all the time" -- before Pte Greenwood and Pte Clifton disabled him at dusk. Pte Greenwood noted that at least two photographs exist of the scene. However, the authenticity of this photograph remains uncertain. Charles Bean often drew attention to its uncertain origins. He wrote of it as "a complete fake. It was taken at Imbros. The Australians are from the Field Bakery, and the Turk is a prisoner from the camp there."
Collection relating to service of 1763 Private Arthur Greenwood, 8 Battalion, Gallipoli. Collection consists of one letter from Private Arthur Greenwood to his family in Jumbuk, Victoria, describing
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VF398012 Corporal Norma Isobel Greenwood (née Simpson), Australian Women’s Army Service, and VX10665 Lieutenant Arthur Alton Greenwood, Australia
Letter from 1178 Private William Edward Greenwood, 18th Battalion, to his mother, No.1 General Hospital, Alexandria, 1 September 1915. The letter is a copy made by his mother and gives details of Gree
A JAPANESE POW (THE ONLY ONE WE PICKED UP). HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE CHEST AND WAS DELIVERED TO INTELLIGENCE IN DARWIN. HE WROTE A NICE THANK YOU LETTER IN JAPANESE WHICH ALSO WENT TO INTELLIGENCE (WE CO
Two Anzac soldiers stand on either side of a captured Turkish sniper who sometimes concealed themselves in bushes for camouflage on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 424584 Pilot Officer Bruce Frederick Greenwood, 51 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, c.1943-1945.
