About Samuel Gawith, Squadron Leader...
Mother: "How dare you smoke something like that?"
Me:" It's not bravery....it's just good taste and refinement!"
This is a photo very dear to me. It was taken soon after the fight on Col Basson on 24 August 1915 while Padre (Feldkurat) Matthias Ortner was blessing an italian fallen.
@militaryhistori from left to right : Luigi Rizzo (he would be nicknamed "the sinker" 5 months later), Poet Gabriele D'annunzio and Costanzo Ciano



















