AWM Collection Record: G02085

ID Number: G02085
Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Place made: Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula
Date made: February 1919
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Hell Spit graveyard showing graves 'faked' (remade) by the Turks. This was done across many of the Gallipoli cemetaries in anticipation of the diplomatic visit by an envoy of the Pope in 1916. One of a series of photographs taken on the Gallipoli Peninsula under the direction of Captain C E W Bean of the Australian Historical Mission, during the months of February and March, 1919.
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Related conflict: First World War, 1914-1918; Period 1919-1939

Last-Modified: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:04:37 GMT

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