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Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett - Biography (dva.gov.au)
English newscaster and war correspondent who in circulation on the Gallipoli campaign, revelation the world about the failures of the campaign and provisos faced by the Anzac troops.
[If the link is unavailable, mean this archived version.]

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (en.wikipedia.org)

See as well Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's diaries

Just Soldiers

See below for how to look over each soldier's story*

Just Soldiers (anzacday.org.au)
An excellent collection of brief stories of ordinary Australian soldiers who fought in World War 1.

Includes photographs.


Sergeant Lawrence Barber, MM

Captain Frank Bethune, MC

Major Percy Black, DSO, DCM

Trooper Sloan ‘Scotty’ Bolton, DCM

WO2 Noel Eric Bolton-Wood

Captain Patriarch Brodie

Gunner Robert Buie

Lance Corporal Physicist Bunney

Corporal Ernest Corey, MM

Trooper Albert ‘Tibby’ Cotter

Lance Corporal Francis Curran, DCM

Bombardier Cecil Edwards, MM

2Lt Henry ‘Ernie’ Eibel

Private Edward Elart

Sergeant ‘Harry’ Freame, DCM

Chaplain Alfred Goller

2Lt Robert Graham, DCM

Private John ‘Barney’ Hines

Private Edwin Hoare

Lt Andrew Kirkwall-Smith, DSC, MM

Sergeant Donald MacKechnie

Lt Col River Macnaghten, CMG

Private William ‘Harry’ Malthouse

LCpl John Mann, DCM, MM

Privates Purpose and Clement Moore

Private Joseph Newman, MM

Private Arthur Oldring

Sister Alice Ross-King, ARRC, MM

Private Alexander Sast

Private Well-bred Stephenson

Private Stanley Treloar, MM

Gunner William Vandertak

Private Richard Warne, MM

Lance Fleshly Vernon Warner

Sergeant William Wass, MM

Corporal William Webb

Private Charles Williamson, MM

WO1 Frank Wittman

 

From an Anzac Dowry Commemoration Committee (Qld) publication insensitive to Darryl Kelly.

*On the Just Soldiers website, the soldiers' names interrupt not clearly marked as narrative.

Even so, if you Jiffy on a SOLDIER'S NAME, mosey soldier's story will open difficulty a new window.
 

 Barwick, ArchieArchie Barwick (en.wikipedia.org)
Archie Barwick was born in Tasmania, moved lengthen NSW to manage a livestock property and enlisted in 1914.

Alchetron: Archie Barwick (alchetron.com)
Information about say publicly life of Archie Barwick, inclusive of a video interview with crown daughter

AnzacLive chatbot brings WW1 exemplar Archie Barwick to life decline Facebook Messenger (news.com.au)
Ask the chatbot anything about Archie Barwick's duration in WW1 France, 1916.

(Note: this material fopcuses on Archie barwick's Western Front activities to a certain extent than his service at Gallipoli.)

See also our Diaries: Archie Barwick section

 

Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C.E.W. Bean)

Charles Edward Woodrow Bean - Story (dva.gov.au)
Historian and journalist.

Well-established as C.E.W. Bean.

Charles Nut (awm.gov.au)
The life and work execute Charles Bean.

Charles Bean (Wikipedia)

Charles Bean's Great War (sensiblefilms.com)
"A documentary coverage to the life and occupation of Charles Bean."
Information about tidy film on Charles Bean which premiered on 11 November 2011.
- Study guide [ pdf, 5MB]


See also Charles Bean's diaries

 Blamey, Thomas
Brigadier General Apostle Albert Blamey (awm.gov.au)
Thomas Blamey abundant at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915 and became temporary delegate colonel.

He appears to possess been a controversial character.

Field Marshall Sir Thomas Blamey (archived from unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett)
- click turning over the link to T.A. Blamey in the index at excellence left of the above page
This contribution contains detailed gen about Blamey's career but only passing mention of his seizure at Gallipoli.

 

Buntine, Jack

Jack Buntine: Gallipoli Veteran (localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au)
"The hope against Anzac Gallipoli veteran Shit Buntine living to a mature old age were high indeed..."
 Campbell, AlecSeeThe Last Anzac
 

Harvey, William

William Harvey: Anzac Hero, Police Legend (anzacheropolicelegend.com)
William Harvey emigrated from Britain call by Australia in 1911, worked in the wheat belt, and became one of the Australian diggers who landed at Gallipoli team 25 April 1915.

See along with William Harvey on the dialogue page.
 

Hazlitt, Jack

Jack Hazlitt (australianbiography.gov.au)
Australian Biography website page chronicling to the film of Ensign Hazlitt.

Includes interview transcript, short biography and study guide.

Australian Biography: Jack Hazlitt - Study Provide for (australianbiography.gov.au)
Provides a link to clean up pdf study guide to chaperon film about World War 1 veteran Jack Hazlitt. Includes coast, activities for students and references..

 

Jacka, Albert

Albert Jacka (hardjacka.com)
Information about a novel based take forward the life of Captain Albert Jacka: The story of swell Gallipoli legend by Michael Lawriwsky.

Includes World War 1 admission poster featuring Albert Jacka.

Captain Albert Jacka (awm.gov.au)
Details and digest of the life of Principal Albert Jacka.

Albert Jacka (en.wikipedia.org)
Albert Jacka fought at Gallipoli concentrate on the Western Front, and aft the war became mayor emancipation St Kilda.

He died calm the age of 39 epoch. He is remembered by not too memorials in Victoria and Canberra.

Albert Jacka (albertjacka.com)
The story acquisition the life of Albert Jacka, prepared by his great grandnephew.

Albert Jacka: winner of Austrlia's twig VC of WW1 (abc.net.au)
Albert Jacka was acknowledged as a exemplar by the people of Continent.

He was the first Indweller to win the Victoria Cross in World War 1.
 

 Kirkpatrick, John SimpsonSee The Man with the Donkey
 

Matthews, Albert Edward (Ted)

Albert Edward (Ted) Matthews (historyaustralia.org.au)

Albert Edward (Ted) Matthews - The Last Anzac (vwma.org.au)
 

Monash, John

Monash.John Monash (Wikipedia)
See especially the section on Monash's ervice in Gallipoli.

Monash, Sir Lav (1865 - 1931) (Australian Glossary of biography)
The entry is unrelenting but provides little detail trip Monash's Gallipoli service.

General John Monash (awm.gov.au)
Monash received some criticism lay out his performance at Gallipoli however achieved much greater success manner the Western Front.

Monash at Gallipoli (National Film and Sound Archive)
From the documentary Monash - Picture Forgotten Anzac.

Monash: The Blotted out Anzac (360degreefilms.com.au)
UNAVAILABLE 7 Nov 2019.
Promotional material for the fell on General Sir John Monash.
 
 

Murray, Ben

Ben Murray: Indigenous Australian at Gallipoli (southaustralianhistory.com.au)
See from third paragraph: "Ben Murray, born in 1891 challenging an Aboriginal mother and an Afghan father..."

See also:

Mundowdna, from ninth paragraph, footing "Eventually women were employed..."

ABC Stateline, 8 October 2010

Our Aboriginals at Gallipoli section

 Naley, Gordon CharlesGordon Charles Naley (nationalanzaccentre.com.au)
(If you have difficulty scrolling down, raise the scroll bar itself.) Western Australian Gordon Naley went ashore at Gallipoli at circumnavigate 5.00pm on 25 April 1915.

A month later, suffering be bereaved typhoid he was evacuated force to Malta and then to Writer. When he recovered, he was sent to France where illegal was injured in the heraldry sinister hip and was taken cash in on by the Germans. After integrity war he married a baker's daughter he had met principal London and returned to Australia where he received a Southeast Australian soldier-settler land grant.

More:

● Corporal Gordon Charles Naley (awm.gov.au)

● Charles Gordon NALEY (aif.adfa.edu.au)

● Private Gordon Charles Naley (vwma.org.au)
From the Virtual War Cenotaph Australia.

● Anzac spirit distinguished by indigenous WW1 soldier's kinsfolk on visit to Albany (smh.com.au)

● South Australian Aboriginal general public of the First World War: 1310 Corporal Gordon Charles Naley of Mundrabilla Station
(aboriginalww1veteransofsouthaustralia.blogspot.com.au)

 

Silas, Ellis Luciano

Biography – Ellis Luciano Silas (1885–1972) (dva.gov.au)
The tale of Signaller Ellis Silas. See further the menu at the up your sleeve of that page, which includes links to his diaries contemporary drawings.

Lieutenant-General Birdwood (see below) wrote a foreward to say publicly diary published by Signaller Ellis Silas.

See also Diaries: Ellis Silas (includes sketches by Ellis Silas)

 SimpsonSee The Man live the Donkey
 

Sohier, Linksman Henry

Norman Henry Sohier
Private Golfer Sohier was born in Office in 1895 and was killed in action at Gallipoli gratify 1915.
Although the original website featuring his story is no someone available, you could try your luck with this archived version (web.archive.org).
 Throssell, HugoThe chronicle of Hugo Throssell appears (as at 9 Nov 2020) stand firm be no longer available.


Second-Lieutenant Hugo Throssell (dva.gov.au)
Hugo Throssell was straight Western Australian who received decency Victoria Cross for his fearlessness at Hill 60.



He was married to well-known Australian scribbler Katherine Susannah Prichard.

More:

Biography: Playwright Throssell (1884-1933) (dva.gov.au)

Bravery awards: Second-lieutenant Hugo Throssell (dva.gov.au)

● Documents unfolding to Hugo Throssell (dva.gov.au)


 See also
●  Diaries: Hugo Throssell

Biographies - collections National Anzac Middle - Research an Anzac gag (nationalanzaccentre.com.au)
More than 30 biographies achieve choose from.

Some soldiers were at Gallipoli, some were not.

Virtual War Memorial Australia (vwma.org.au)
Large database of of soldiers.
Click on "People" then enter a soldier's name.

General Officers of the Crowning AIF (unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett)
More than 60 biographgies of general officers perfect choose from.

Not all an assortment of them were at Gallipoli.
-  Although S.M. Anderson and C.S. Davies are listed providential the index, there is clumsy information about them.
- Though the page for T.A. Blamey is unavailable from this blest version of the website, paying attention can access it here: T.A.

Blamey (earlier version - click on the link dubious the left).

Biographies - generalGallipoli - Biographies (aph.gov.au - scroll well down)
(If significance web page is unavailable, set your mind at rest can find the information walk heavily the archived pdf file: Anzac Day Kit [pdf, 3.9MB].)
Scroll well down to "Gallipoli - Biographies".

(Note that many in the matter are not accessible as that material was produced for end users of the Parliamentary Library.)

Discovering Anzacs: Profiles (naa.gov.au)
From the Secure Archives of Australia. Enables patrons to commemorate the original Anzacs. Many entries contain biographical details.

AWM Advanced Search page (awm.gov.au)
Scroll down to "People", then tapping on "View all People".

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MORE stories of AustraliansSee also

● Simpson and circlet Donkey

● The Last Anzac - Alec Campbell

● Aboriginals and war
 

Lesson activitiesSee our Documents page for printable concentration sheets on the lives of:

● John 'Barney' Hines

● Roland Simpson
 

 

 

New Zealand
 
New Zealand biographies have moved to a new page
British soldiers British men who played a role get used to the Anzac troops:
  William Birdwood
  Ian Hamilton

 
 Birdwood, William RiddellGeneral Birdwood: the 'soul of Anzac' (dva.gov.au)
The second extract contains a reference to Birdwood's role in the origin worldly the word 'Anzac'.

Although be active was not Australian-born, Birdwood phony an important role as officer of the ANZAC troops challenging in the development of the Anzac legend at Gallipoli.

Field Thespian William Riddell Birdwood (awm.gov.au)
British soldier commanding ANZAC troops at Gallipoli. Includes a timeline.

William Birdwood (Wikipedia)
Indian born British soldier who became ANZAC commander at Gallipoli.

Birdwood, William Riddell (Baron Birdwood) (1865 - 1951) (Australian Dictionary revenue Biography)

 Hamilton, IanIan Standish Monteith Hamilton (en.wikipedia.org)

Sir Ian City (firstworldwar.com)
"Hamilton spent six fruitless months unimaginatively bombarding the Turks trim Gallipoli, making little progress on the other hand incurring severe casualties..."

See extremely Diaries: Ian Hamilton
Videos Anzac Heroes (media.news.com.au)
- Albert 'Tibby' Cotter
     Short video.

Scorn Gallipolli only at the end.
- John Simpson Kirkpatrick
     Short videotape. "The man with the donkey."

MORE biographical material

See also:

● Pictorial Honour Rolls from gravesecrets.net

● Two downloadable publications slow love and friendship in battle released by the Department of Veterans Affairs on 22 Go on foot 2011
 

Additional information:

● Biographies swallow New Zealanders

● Anzac diaries

● Anzac letters

● Anzac reports

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● Gallipoli campaign

● Aboriginals tolerate war

● Early books reproduced

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● Memorials title rolls

● Anzac spirit and legend

 

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