Historical information
The album is a collection by Phil Harper obviously from a tour in 1965 to Eygpt, France and Turkey , this would have co incited with the 50 years of “ANZAC”. “Bunty Lawrence was regarded by Phil Harper as his “second Dad”.
The glass plate photos are of ANZAC, dead Turkish/Australian soldiers, burials, ANZAC Armistice,, all have 1915 hand written on.
Bunty Lawrence was one of the instrumental soldiers with the invention of the Telescope Rifle used on ANZAC.
Physical description
Photo album green buckram hard covers with 10 leafs double sided.
Page 1. Colour photos re Tobruk and Nile 1965
page 2. Photo postcards France WW1, photo of “Bunty Lawrence”.
Page 3. Letter to “Bunty Lawrence” from M.Gen R. Grey DSO.
Page 4 - 11. Reproductions of glass plate photos of ANZAC.
Page 12 - 18. Photos 1965 of Turkey and ANZAC in colour.
Inscriptions & markings
One single photo of a stadium has, B & W 1965 Turkey”