Historical information
25 April 1915 is the date that the ANZAC troops landed at Gallipoli during World War One. After that year it has been commemorated as ANZAC Day.
Physical description
28 pages newspaper supplement relating to the 75th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing by the ANZACs during World War One. The supplement includes: List of 8100 ANZAC heroes who died at Gallipoli (pp 9-20), Keith Murdoch and his Gallipoli letter; Diary of Gallipoli Digger Apear Leslie de Vine, ceasefire for burial; Turkish soldiers; Simpson and his Donkey; Albert Henry Gayden's diary; Gallipoli nurses; Burial for a Lost Digger; Chunuk; Names of those who went to Gallipoli for the 70th anniversary
An article by Geoffrey Blainey is headed 'A day not of death, but birth'. He states that Able Seaman Williams is the first Australian to be killed in action in the 1914-1918 war.
Subjects
- james monro,
- john laffin,
- ian hamilton,
- keith murdoch,
- andrew fisher,
- ross bastiaan,
- albert jacka,
- leonard keysor,
- wiliam symons,
- alexander burton,
- william dunstan,
- frederick tubb,
- john hamilton,
- alfred shout,
- hugp throssell,
- albert gayden,
- ella tucker,
- bill cooper,
- jim douglas,
- walter parker,
- bob ponsford,
- tom meagher,
- claude franhauser,
- roy kyle,
- edmund thompson,
- jim kibble,
- robert barclay,
- roy longmore,
- jim lees,
- george fullerton,
- tom neal,
- stanley quinn,
- world war one,
- gallipoli
