Letters and Stories
Read the stories of the brave men and women who went to war
and their connection to the region.
No solid mass of bullets
About 200 ships, one of the largest armadas in history, gathered at Mudros Bay.
Suvla Bay
Despite facing only light opposition, the landing at Suvla as part of the August offensive was hopelessly mismanaged.
Wonderful endurance and self-sacrifice
Before the war, I never dreamt that just average men could do so well.
The first week
Unable to achieve their objectives on the heights of Chunuk Bair and Achi Baba, the Anzacs and the British dug in. Gallipoli.
The Nek
Below to the right lay the Australian trenches at The Nek, the narrow strip of flat land about the size of a football field.
At the fork
‘Men passing the fork in Monash Valley used to glance at the place (as one of them said) as a man looks at a haunted house.’ – Charles Bean.
The Turkish Offensive
Turkish May offensive: The Man with the Donkey dies and another legend is born.
Letter tells of daily blunders
‘I hope whoever started this war will be punished for it. Australia has lost a lot of her best men.’
Periscopes and Rifles
The periscope rifle devised by Lance Corporal William Beech after five of his comrades were killed in the Turkish May offensive.
These continual frontal attacks
Two brigades of Australians and New Zealanders were taken from Anzac Cove to Helles for the Second Battle.
On the loss of your son James
Dernancourt, a village on the River Ancre in France, was the scene of desperate fighting during the German offensive.
The first night at Anzac
Less than 24 hours after the landing, the Gallipoli expedition leader Sir Ian Hamilton was sound asleep in his cabin aboard the warship Queen Elizabeth.
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