Daily life at Gallipoli

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Daily life at Gallipoli

Daily life at Gallipoli

Selection of images showing day to day life for the men while at Gallipoli.

The bakery at Cape Helles (Bakery Beach) from which bread was first issued on 21 May 1915. Above Bakery Beach was the best place to 'win' wood, a very scarce commodity.

The bakery at Cape Helles (Bakery Beach) from which bread was first issued on 21 May 1915. Above Bakery Beach was the best place to 'win' wood, a very scarce commodity.

Imperial War Museum

A shell from a Turkish battery plunging into the sea at the Dardanelles, after missing its target - the boat load of troops to the left. Note the laundry drying up in the foreground.

A shell from a Turkish battery plunging into the sea at the Dardanelles, after missing its target - the boat load of troops to the left. Note the laundry drying up in the foreground.

Imperial War Museum

A view of the old port at Sedd el Bahr, Cape Helles, showing damage caused by the naval bombardments prior to the Gallipoli landings in 1915. A British soldier stands on sentry amongst the ruins of the old gate.

A view of the old port at Sedd el Bahr, Cape Helles, showing damage caused by the naval bombardments prior to the Gallipoli landings in 1915. A British soldier stands on sentry amongst the ruins of the old gate.

Imperial War Museum

View of beach [Gallipoli]. Photograph taken by Roy Clark who enlisted in the A.I.F. in 1915. He served with the 7th and 13th Field Ambulance, at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.

View of beach [Gallipoli]. Photograph taken by Roy Clark who enlisted in the A.I.F. in 1915. He served with the 7th and 13th Field Ambulance, at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.

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