Photograph of Australian soldiers in the trenches at Gallipoli, belonging to Joseph Thompson
Item
Title
Photograph of Australian soldiers in the trenches at Gallipoli, belonging to Joseph Thompson
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Identifier
5259.jpg
GWA_4635_Australian_solders_in_trenches_at_Gallipoli.jpg
Creator
Thompson, Joseph Cecil
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Abstract
Unknown Australian solders in the trenches at Gallipoli, probably members or stretcher bearers of the 9th Battalion 1st AIF, late 1915. This photograph was most probably taken, or perhaps collected, by 494 Sergeant Joseph Cecil Thompson of the 9th Battalion 1st AIF during his service at Galliopli, where he was a stretcher bearer, and in Egypt.
Editor's Comment:
The 9th Bn., as part of 3rd Brg. Australian Imperial Force, were the first to land at the ANZAC beachead on Gallipoli, 25th April 1915.
Editor's Comment:
The 9th Bn., as part of 3rd Brg. Australian Imperial Force, were the first to land at the ANZAC beachead on Gallipoli, 25th April 1915.
Date
September - December 1915
Date Created
1915-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1915-12-31
Source
Photograph
Medium
Photographic paper
Type
Photograph
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Ellen Thompson
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford