C01752 Accession Number: C01752

Description

Three members of of the 3rd Battalion wait for a billy to boil above Mackenzie's Steps in a gully on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Identified left to right: Second Lieutenant Eric Cecil Howard Ritchie, later killed in action near Passchendaele on 20 September 1917; Private Bailey, squatting to check the billy; Private Timothy Nolan. The stove is made of inverted shell cases.

Details

Accession Number
C01752
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
June 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Lieutenant Jarvis
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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