Letters and Stories

The full horror of the sacrifice of the 5th Division at Fromelles sunk in slowly in Australia.

Turkish May offensive: The Man with the Donkey dies and another legend is born.

Jammed further north than intended, the 9th, 10th, and 11th Battalions of the 3rd Brigade became mixed up as they landed.

‘Thus ends that fateful day that took all my mates away’

New Zealand’s worst day on the Western Front.

‘Too Dark for the Light Horse’

The first battle of Ypres began on October 20, 1914, near the end of the Race for the Sea.

‘… a glimpse of the sea – we knew perfectly well that this hill was the key to victory or defeat.’

‘So long, Tom,’ was the answer at Lone Pine, ‘see you again in half an hour’.

‘Throughout history, mounted troops have been known as the elite men of arms and the Australian Light Horse is a part of that legendary tradition.’

As the summer swelter set in, the Anzacs cursed billions of flies drawn by unsanitary conditions.

Locked into entrenched stalemates with occasional costly but inconsequential forays, the Gallipoli campaign.

After the heat, hundreds freeze to death in trenches. ‘It has been snowing all day and my hands are like blocks of wood

Lt. George Alfred Still, from Maryborough, awarded the Military Cross at Fromelles.

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.