Cooks for 14th Battalion officers behind trench

Conditions in the trenches at Gallipoli were very basic, but these men seem comfortable for the moment.  They have brought their matches all the way from the Bryant and May factory in Melbourne.  The Australian troops were obviously relaxed about details such as uniforms.

 

Unknown photographer, c.1915

 

Accession number: MS 10340

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Manuscripts collection.

 

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Gallipoli