Gallipoli (118 page)

Hugo Throssell of the 10th Light Horse Brigade survived the disastrous August charge on the Nek to lead a heroic attack on Hill 60, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. After the war he committed suicide. (AWM A03688)

‘Pass me the pepperpot, I know he's in there somewhere!' Turkish snipers went to great lengths to successfully camouflage themselves and pick off Anzacs undetected. (It is possible this image was staged on Lemnos.) (AWM G00377)

A cup of water for a wounded foe. An Anzac brings succour to a Turk. (C
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He ain't heavy, he's my brother. Note in the distance can be seen North Beach, running north towards Suvla. It is probable this image was staged, however it re-enacts a frequently seen scene. (AWM G00599)

A wounded soldier being operated on at Gallipoli before either returning to the front or, as is likely, having been stabilised, evacuated by hospital ship (or similar) to Lemnos or Cairo. (C
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A blindfolded Turkish Army envoy is led to General Birdwood's Headquarters to negotiate the armistice to bury the dead, which took place two days later on 24 May 1915. (AWM A05615)

One of more than 20 Allied cemeteries at Anzac. (C
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Turkish soldiers' bones and skulls. The Turkish Army is estimated to have suffered almost twice as many deaths (86,692) as the Allies (43,921). (AWM H11907)

War correspondents, Australia's Charles Bean (front) and Britain's Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, on the island of Imbros. (AWM A05382)

‘Trooper Bluegum', Oliver Hogue's dugout at Anzac. Several portraits of a woman and one of Lord Kitchener are hanging on the wall. (AWM A02353)

Keith Murdoch outside Charles Bean's dugout during his visit to Anzac Cove. (AWM A05396)

British Royal Navy battleship HMS
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firing a broadside at Turks in the mountains at Suvla Bay.
Cornwallis
was the last ship to leave Suvla Bay during the evacuation on the night of 19 December 1915. (AWM H10388)

Evacuation of the wounded from Anzac Cove on barges, seasickness adding to the injured men's woes. Those able to stand or sit were transported on the steam launch
Keraunos.
(AWM C02679)