Historical information

Original owner - Stephen John PARISH
Regiment number/ Unit 703,
Enlisted 19-08-14
F.COY 8th Battalion
Became an officer 2nd Lieutenant in 1st Machine Gun Battalion
RTA 17-03-1919

See also Cat No. 5979.6.

Physical description

Original photograph - black and white on photographic paper. Scene depicts landing boats, beach scene, an encampment with tents and small buildings with background of ridges. Handwritten greeting and information on back of photograph. Panorama photograph.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten in faded black ink - back of photograph
"Clevedon/ 3/7/18/ Just a picture of Gallipoli/ if you show it to any of/ the boys that have been/ there they will explain it/ better than I can by writing/ best love/ Ste ? xx"

Handwritten in mainly uppercase letters, blue ink.
Left to Right -
" MOST OF OUR/ SUPPLIES WERE/ LANDED HERE"
" THE LAST OF/ THE AIF LEFT/ HERE 29-12-1915"
" 1ST AIF DIVISION/ LANDID (sic) HERE/ 25-4-1915"
" THIS PERE WAS/ RECKED (sic) SEVERAL/ TIMES BY STORMS"
" 1ST AIF/ HOSPITAL TENTS
" TURKS BEACHIE (sic) / FIRED SCHRAPNIL/ ALONG BEACH/ FROM HEARE (sic)"
" 4th INF BGDE/ Faught (sic) have/ on 9-5-1915" .
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