The scene presented on this cigarette card is an artist's impression of the action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, on 9 August 1915, during which Captain Frederick Tubb and Corporals Alexander Burton and William Dunstan, 7th Battalion, AIF, held back Turkish counter-attacks. For their bravery each man was awarded the Victoria Cross, Burton posthumously. The text accompanying the card is slightly misleading for it suggests that five other men under Tubb's command received the VC. Although 7 VCs were awarded to members of the AIF for their bravery at Lone Pine only one other – Lieutenant William Symons – was a member of the 7th Battalion. Cigarette card from Wills cigarette packet c. 1915 – VC's for Australians. [State Library of NSW, ML Safe 1/145]
