P00516.002 Accession Number: P00516.002

Description

AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH TROOPS AT A STORES STOCKPILE AMID DUGOUTS AND DIFFICULT COUNTRY ON RUSSELL TOP, WALKER'S RIDGE. THE DIP, KNOWN AS MULE GULLY, IS A SHEER DROP OF 300 FEET, AND ONE FALSE STEP BY ANY OF THE MEN WOULD PROBABLY MEAN DEATH. THE TURKS ARE 80 YARDS AWAY OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE.

Details

Accession Number

P00516.002

Photographer

Unknown

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Black & white - Film copy negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Date Made

1915

Place Made

Gallipoli

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Credit Line

From the collection of H V H Throssell VC

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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Conflicts

Places

Units

Part of collection:

P00516.001

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