The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
General Sir William Riddell Birdwood's dugout on the Gallipoli Peninsula. A small sign at the entrance reads 'GOC' (General Officer Commanding). There are several other dugouts nearby, connected by flights of steps. Note the washing hung out to dry and the radio mast on the horizon, top right.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. Surgeon General Sir Charles S. Ryan sitting outside his dugout (marked M.O. for Medical Officer). Surgeon General Ryan was the Medical Officer on Lieutenant Ge
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. Surgeon General Sir Charles S. Ryan sitting outside his dugout (marked M.O. for Medical Officer). Surgeon General Ryan was the Medical Officer on Lieutenant Ge
Captain (Capt) Robert Gordon Chirnside, Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier General (Brig Gen) Sir William Riddell Birdwood, standing outside two typical dugouts. The dugout on the right belongs to Lieutenant C
A slope covered with dugouts on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The dugouts are protected with sandbags; some are draped with blankets. Some washing is hanging out to dry on the top right.
Two soldiers of the Ceylon Planters' Rifle Corps who acted as General Sir William Riddell Birdwood's bodyguard throughout the Gallipoli Peninsula campaign. Trooper Rendle is on the left.
General Sir William Riddell Birdwood, Officer Commanding the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, standing at the entrance of his dugout on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Born in India, General Birdwood s
