Lent by Douglas Gray Marks Accession Number: C00561

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Informal portrait of Captain Douglas Gray Marks, 13th Battalion at one of the machine gun posts commanded by 2nd Lieutenant Henry William Murray on Cheshire Ridge, Gallipoli Peninsula.

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Accession Number
C00561
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
November 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Lieutenant Colonel D G Marks DSO, MC, 13th Battalion
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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