Collection related to the service of Reginald McDougall Bowman Accession Number: P02194.002

Description

A wounded Turkish prisoner resting on the deck of the transport vessel HMT Galeka. He was one of the first enemy soldiers captured on the morning of the landing on Gallipoli and probably spent the next four years as a Prisoner of War (POW) on the Greek island of Imbros or in Egypt. (Identical image at P1287/11/05).

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Accession Number
P02194.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 26 April 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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