G00594 Accession Number: G00594

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Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 7 August 1915. A view in front of British trenches at Anzac. The 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade made its ill-fated bayonet attack across the Nek, 234 of them killed.

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Accession Number
G00594
Photographer
Lieutenant Ernest Brooks
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
7 August 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Admiralty Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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