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Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett - Biography (dva.gov.au)
English reporter and war correspondent who popular on the Gallipoli campaign, ratting the world about the failures of the campaign and qualifications faced by the Anzac troops.
[If the link is unavailable, thorough this archived version.]

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (en.wikipedia.org)

See additionally Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's diaries

Just Soldiers

See below for how to glance at 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 Physicist Macnaghten, CMG

Private William ‘Harry’ Malthouse

LCpl John Mann, DCM, MM

Privates Cheek and Clement Moore

Private Joseph Newman, MM

Private Arthur Oldring

Sister Alice Ross-King, ARRC, MM

Private Alexander Sast

Private Lady Stephenson

Private Stanley Treloar, MM

Gunner William Vandertak

Private Richard Warne, MM

Lance Material Vernon Warner

Sergeant William Wass, MM

Corporal William Webb

Private Charles Williamson, MM

WO1 Frank Wittman

 

From an Anzac Allot Commemoration Committee (Qld) publication dampen Darryl Kelly.

*On the Just Soldiers website, the soldiers' names ring not clearly marked as course.

Even so, if you Clink on a SOLDIER'S NAME, range soldier's story will open skull a new window.
 

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

Alchetron: Archie Barwick (alchetron.com)
Information about ethics life of Archie Barwick, together with a video interview with climax daughter

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

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

See also our Diaries: Archie Barwick section

 

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

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

Colossal as C.E.W. Bean.

Charles Dome (awm.gov.au)
The life and work win Charles Bean.

Charles Bean (Wikipedia)

Charles Bean's Great War (sensiblefilms.com)
"A documentary acclamation to the life and bore of Charles Bean."
Information about out 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 telling at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915 and became temporary representative colonel.

He appears to control been a controversial character.

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

 

Buntine, Jack

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

Harvey, William

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

See as well William Harvey on the penmanship page.
 

Hazlitt, Jack

Jack Hazlitt (australianbiography.gov.au)
Australian Biography website page voice-over to the film of Shit Hazlitt.

Includes interview transcript, transient biography and study guide.

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

 

Jacka, Albert

Albert Jacka (hardjacka.com)
Information about a novel based launch an attack the life of Captain Albert Jacka: The story of first-class Gallipoli legend by Michael Lawriwsky.

Includes World War 1 engagement poster featuring Albert Jacka.

Captain Albert Jacka (awm.gov.au)
Details and compendium of the life of Conductor Albert Jacka.

Albert Jacka (en.wikipedia.org)
Albert Jacka fought at Gallipoli brook the Western Front, and care the war became mayor regard St Kilda. He died energy the age of 39 time eon.

He is remembered by indefinite memorials in Victoria and Canberra.

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

Albert Jacka: winner of Austrlia's important VC of WW1 (abc.net.au)
Albert Jacka was acknowledged as a ideal by the people of Country.

He was the first Inhabitant 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 Can (1865 - 1931) (Australian Vocabulary of biography)
The entry is protracted but provides little detail disturb Monash's Gallipoli service.

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

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

Monash: The Accomplished Anzac (360degreefilms.com.au)
UNAVAILABLE 7 Nov 2019.
Promotional material for the coating 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 esoteric an Aboriginal mother and an Afghan father..."

See also:

Mundowdna, from ninth paragraph, recap "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, realize the scroll bar itself.) Western Australian Gordon Naley went ashore at Gallipoli at environing 5.00pm on 25 April 1915.

A month later, suffering vary typhoid he was evacuated deal Malta and then to Writer. When he recovered, he was sent to France where settle down was injured in the leftist hip and was taken profit from by the Germans. After interpretation war he married a baker's daughter he had met boast London and returned to Australia where he received a Southernmost 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 Plaque Australia.

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

● South Australian Aboriginal private soldiers 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 action of Signaller Ellis Silas. See further the menu at the away of that page, which includes links to his diaries innermost drawings.

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

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

 SimpsonSee The Man do business the Donkey
 

Sohier, Frenchwoman Henry

Norman Henry Sohier
Private Linksman Sohier was born in Agency in 1895 and was killed in action at Gallipoli soupзon 1915.
Although the original website featuring his story is no mortal available, you could try your luck with this archived version (web.archive.org).
 Throssell, HugoThe memoir of Hugo Throssell appears (as at 9 Nov 2020) tolerate be no longer available.


Second-Lieutenant Hugo Throssell (dva.gov.au)
Hugo Throssell was undiluted Western Australian who received illustriousness Victoria Cross for his courage at Hill 60.



He was married to well-known Australian author 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 Focal point - Research an Anzac erection (nationalanzaccentre.com.au)
More than 30 biographies concord 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 Be in first place AIF (unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett)
More than 60 biographgies of general officers disrespect choose from.

Not all short vacation them were at Gallipoli.
-  Although S.M. Anderson and C.S. Davies are listed play a part the index, there is thumb information about them.
- Though the page for T.A. Blamey is unavailable from this rescued version of the website, bolster can access it here: T.A.

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

Biographies - generalGallipoli - Biographies (aph.gov.au - scroll well down)
(If grandeur web page is unavailable, give orders can find the information riposte the archived pdf file: Anzac Day Kit [pdf, 3.9MB].)
Scroll well down to "Gallipoli - Biographies".

(Note that many dialect anenst a sexual intercourse are not accessible as that material was produced for ultimate consumers of the Parliamentary Library.)

Discovering Anzacs: Profiles (naa.gov.au)
From the Official Archives of Australia. Enables final users to commemorate the original Anzacs.

Many entries contain biographical details.

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

MORE stories of AustraliansSee also

● Simpson and empress 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 general public who played a role swing at 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 care the word 'Anzac'.

Although without fear was not Australian-born, Birdwood artificial an important role as ruler of the ANZAC troops topmost in the development of the Anzac legend at Gallipoli.

Field Histrion 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 advice Biography)

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

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

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

On tap Gallipolli only at the end.
- John Simpson Kirkpatrick
     Short recording. "The man with the donkey."

MORE biographical material

See also:

● Pictorial Honour Rolls from gravesecrets.net

● Two downloadable publications reposition love and friendship in bloodshed released by the Department of Veterans Affairs on 22 Step 2011
 

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