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As correspondent for the The Daily Telegraph', Ashmead-Bartlett accompanied Allied forces during the 25 April 1915 landing at Anzac Cove at the start of the Gallipoli campaign. When he went ashore at Anzac Cove at 9.30 p.m. on the evening of the landing he was promptly arrested as a spy for wearing a non-regulation green hat but was released ...
The Anzac spirit or Anzac legend is a concept which suggests that Australian and New Zealand soldiers possess shared characteristics, specifically the qualities those soldiers allegedly exemplified on the battlefields of World War I. [1] These perceived qualities include endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour, larrikinism, and mateship.
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Before World War I, the term "digger" was widely used in Australasia to mean a miner, [2] and also referred to a Kauri gum-digger in New Zealand. [3] In Australia and New Zealand, the term "digger" has egalitarian connotations from the Victorian Eureka Stockade Rebellion of 1854, and was closely associated with the principles of mateship, [4] which may have had resonance from earlier use of ...
I ANZAC Corps, under the command of General Birdwood, departed for France in early 1916. II ANZAC Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General Alexander Godley, followed soon after. [14] In January 1916, the 4th (ANZAC) Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps, was formed with Australian and New Zealand troops.
Prior to the battle, isolated fighting around Lone Pine had begun early in the Gallipoli campaign. At around 7:00 a.m. on the first day of the Australian and New Zealand landings at Anzac Cove, 25 April 1915, elements of the Australian force had pushed through to Lone Pine in an effort to destroy an Ottoman artillery battery that had been firing down upon the landing beach.
On Anzac Day in 1985, the name "Anzac Cove" was officially recognised by the Turkish government. [3] The Anzac Day dawn service was held at Arıburnu Cemetery within the cove until 1999 when the number of people attending outgrew the site. A purpose-built "Anzac Commemorative Site" was constructed nearby on North Beach in time for the 2000 service.
However, heavy casualties resulted in their deployment in May and the 13th Light Horse Regiment in turn was sent into battle in September 1915 in a dismounted role. [1] The regiment was deployed defending the trenches at Lone Pine, a strongly contested stretch of the front line around Anzac Cove. Two months later in December, the regiment was ...