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Personal handwritten prayers of a Turkish officer found at Gallipoli, 1915

Personal handwritten prayers of a Turkish officer found at Gallipoli, 1915

Morris war diaries, 18 October 1914–22 February 1917, Alfred Prichard Kington Morris, Purchased from AP Morris, 1919, MLMSS 2886 / Item 5

‘In the morning early the enemy put a few Jack Johnsons to the beach but did not do any material damage, they got a few N.Z. with shrapnel, it was a light day for us. The N.Z. were relieved in the trenches by the Tommies. Three more of our men were sent away with dysentery etc. to-day... When I first came here I found a Turkish Medical Officers Diary and to-day the Col insisted I should hand it in to headquarters to be translated, I trust I get it back for it is an interesting souvenir …’
20 August 1915