A framed topographical map of The Dardenelles produced from captured Turkish maps by the Egyptian Survey Department. The main feature is the Krithia battlefield area in 1915.Krithia Peninsula (The Dardenelles) World War One - 1915 Mapworld war one, 1915, egypt, map, dardenelles, krithia, survey department, turkey, battlefields

"Group portrait of the surviving members of D Company/ 7th Battalion after the Battle of Krithia, Ottoman Empire:/ Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula/1915"Photograph - black and white photograph on paper, group portrait of 27 soldiers. Board mounted photograph on timber with satin finish.photograph, mounted, 7th battalion, ww1

.1) & .2). Benjamin Noel Edwards had several years pre WW1 service in the 67th Infantry. He enlisted in the AIF No 909 in H Coy 7th Batt on 18.8.1914 age 20 years 5 months. Promoted L/Cpl 13.9.1914, Cpl 24.9.1914, embark for Egypt 19.10.1914, embark for Gallipoli 5.4.1915, promoted Sgt 30.4.1915, promoted 2nd Lieut to date from 29.4.1915, KIA 8/9th August 1915. Refer 107.4 medal, 108.61 diary, 109.4 letter re Noel Edwards. The photos were supplied by the AWM for Larna MALONE in her book "The First Lot"..1) Photo, B&W, copy. Photo is a portrait in oval shape of B.N. EDWARDS. .2) Photo, sepia, copy. Same as in .1). .3) Photo, B&W, copy, showing group of mostly Bendigo men survivors of "D COY" after the Battle of Krithia in May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula. 27 men in total. .4) A4 sheet with names of men in photo .3).photography-photographs, military history - army

MagazineOfficial Magazine of the Australian War Memorialslouch hat, italian pow letters, krithia, korean war, kapyong, victorian volunteer rifles

Krithia, Quinn's Post Lone Pine, The Nek, Hill 971, SAri Bair, Chunuk Bair, Hill 60, Fromelles, Ypres, Messines, Menin Road, Broodseinde, Polygon Wood, Paschendalle, Strazeele, Pozieres, Moquet Farm, Bullecourt, Villes Bret, Hamel, Mont St. Quintin, Peronne, Hindenburg Line, Romani, Magdhaba, Rafa, Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jericho, Es Salt, Amman, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus.2 x On Guard with the Volunteer Defence Corpsvolunteer defence force in wwii, europe

George Alfred Yung, known as Alf, pictured in the second row, 10th from the left, enlisted on 25/02/1916; embarked on 19/02/1917; was killed during the battle of Menin Gate at Yrpres, Belgium on 20/09/1917. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51447 The 7th Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the First World War. Like the 5th, 6th and 8th Battalions, it was recruited from Victoria and, together with these battalions, formed the 2nd Brigade. The battalion was raised by Lieutenant Colonel H. E. "Pompey" Elliott within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2 December. It later took part in the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915, as part of the second wave. Ten days after the landing, the 2nd Brigade was transferred from ANZAC to Cape Helles to help in the attack on the village of Krithia. The attack captured little ground but cost the brigade almost a third of its strength. The Victorian battalions returned to ANZAC to help defend the beachhead, and in August the 2nd Brigade fought at the battle of Lone Pine. While holding positions captured by the 1st Brigade, four members of the 7th Battalion, Corporal A. S. Burton, Acting Corporal W. Dunstan, Lieutenant W. Symons and Captain F. H. Tubb, earned the Victoria Cross - Burton posthumously. The battalion served at ANZAC until the evacuation in December. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli in December 1915, the battalion returned to Egypt. In March 1916, it sailed for France and the Western Front and entered the front line trenches for the first time on 3 May. The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozieres in the Somme valley where it fought between 23-27 July and 15-21 August. After Pozieres the battalion manned trenches in the Ypres salient in Belgium, before returning to the Somme valley. It saw out the horrendous winter of 1916-1917 rotating between training, working parties and duty in the trenches. In early 1917, the Germans withdrew to the Hindenburg Line and the 7th Battalion participated in the brief advance that followed and then came to a grinding halt before Bullecourt. The battalion was withdrawn from the front line for training on 9 May 1917 and did not return to action until the Ypres offensive of September and October. It fought major battles at Menin Road on 20 September and Broodseinde on 4 October, and then spent much of ensuing winter in the Ypres mud. In March and April 1918 the 7th helped stop the German spring offensive in northern France and later participated in the Allies' own great offensive of 1918, that began with the battle of Amiens on 8 August. The advance by British and empire troops on 8 August was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front, one that German General Erich Ludendorff described as, "the black day of the German Army in this war". The battalion continued operations until late September 1918. At 11 am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent. The November armistice was followed by the peace treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919. In November 1918 members of the AIF began to return to Australia for demobilisation and discharge. In March, the battalion was so reduced that it and the 6th Battalion were amalgamated to form a composite battalion. In turn, this battalion was merged with another, formed from the 5th and 8th Battalions, to form the 2nd Brigade Battalion. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51447army, soldier, alf yung, 7th australian infantry battalion

Badge board in black frame showing the badges of the Royal Victoria Regiment and the 5th Battalion, Victorian Scottish Regiment on a Gordon tartan backing. Below this is an information panel which includes a summary of important historical information about the 5th Infantry Battalion and its connection to A COY 5/6 RVR. Note: While this object notes the connection between A COY 5/6 RVR and 5th Bn VSR it should be remembered that the RVR is the custodian of the legacy of all Victorian Infantry units. This is therefore not the only historical link of A COY 5/6 RVR which also holds strong links to the 52nd Infantry Battalion (The Gippsland Regiment) who had its HQ located for many years in Dandenong near the current A COY 5/6 RVR depot. While B COY 5/6 RVR is the primary custodian of the VSR historical link, the message of this object is that A COY also has a connection which should be remembered. Information panel reads: 5th Infantry Battalion (Australia) Territorial Title: The 'Victorian Scottish Regiment' (1927-1944 then 1948-1960) Motto: "Mori Quam Fordari - Death before dishonour' (1927-1935), Now 'Nemo Me Impune Lacessit - No one shall provoke me without impunity' (1935-1944 then 1948-) Alliances: The 'Gordon Highlanders' (1930-1994), Then 'The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons, Camerons)' (1994-2006), Now '4" Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland - 4 SCOTS' (2006-) Official Tartan: Gordon Unit Colour Patch: Rectangle - Black over Red Regimental March: Cock of the North (1953-) Anniversary: Formed - 29 August 1898 Honours: Distinction: South Africa 1899-1902. Battle Honours - WW1: Somme 1916-18, Poziers, Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Lys, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, Epehy, France and Flanders 1916-18, Helles, Krithia, Anzac, Landing at Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari-Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-16. Battle Honours - WW2: North Africa 1940-41, Bardia 1941, Capture of Tabruk, Syria 1941, Marjayun, Damour, Greece 1941, South West Pacific 1942-45, Wau, Bobdubi II, Mubo II, Mount Tambu, Komiatum, Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Perimbul, Balif, Yamil-Ulupu, Kaboibus-Kiarivu. The Scottish customs and traditions of the '5" Infantry Battalion, Victorian Scottish Regiment' have been upheld through '1 RVR', then '5 RVR', and now "5/6 RVR'. It is your duty to uphold the customs and traditions of those that have come before you and remember the ultimate sacrifice of those who served in the 5" AlF and 2/5" AIF. A Company, 5/6 RVR your lineage is: Support Company (Dandenong) 5" Bn, VSR (1948-1960) & A Coy 5 RVR. Wherever you may be garrisoned; display your identity proudly, now and into the future. Presented to A Company in 2026 by: CPL Ross, A., PTE Brown, D. & LT (Porter) MacNaughton, M.