description
Object description
Australian private served as signaller with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th (Australian) Bde, New Zealand and Australian Div, Anzac Corps at Gallipoli, 1915; served with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th (Australian) Bde, 4th (Australian) Div on Western Front, 1916-1918
Content description
REEL 1 Aspects of operations as signaller with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th (Australian) Bde, New Zealand and Australian Div, Anzac Corps at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25/4/1915: naval support bombardment; view of progress of landings from ship; casualties whilst landing as reinforcements at 4pm; heavy fire along beach; situation during move inland along Shrapnel Gully. Recollections of operations as private with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th (Australian) Bde, New Zealand and Australian Div, Anzac Corps at Gallipoli, Turkey, 4/1915-5/1915: nature of trenches; inspection by Lieutenant General William Birdwood at Rest Gully; rations; reaction to arrival of Australian Light Horse; noise; repelling Turkish attack on Quinn's Post, 19/5/1915; armistice to bury Turkish dead, 24/5/1915; opinion of Turkish troops; difficulty of disposing of Turkish corpse in trench after Turkish attack, 19/5/1915; exchanging rations with Turks; white flag bearers during armistice, 24/5/1915. Aspects of operations as private with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th (Australian) Bde, 4th (Australian) Div on Western Front, 1916-1918: identification insignia worn during attacks; preliminary bombardment; crossing No Man's Land and state of terrain.