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A view at Knife Edge - Pine Ridge (Turkish Trenches) through a loophole. The Valley of Despair lies between the two ridges & is shown in the foreground, 1915

 Item — Box: YMS MS 15488 BOX 23
Identifier(s): MS15488/4/63

Dates

  • 1915

Extent

1 photograph

General note

Title from inscription by Walter Cass on back. The Knife Edge was one of the most distinctive landmarks at Gallipoli and faced towards the sea. It was known to the troops during World War I by various other names including the Sphinx and the Cathedral before it was entered on a map as the Sphinx.

  • Box: YMS MS 15488 BOX 23 (Graphic materials)

Repository details

Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository

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