Naked
Diggers Seek Relief from Bugs (australiansatwar.gov.au)
Second Lieutenant Frank Boyes tells of the need to wash
clothes in the sea and and battle against parasites.
Lt
Britt Describes the First Day on Gallipoli (australiansatwar.gov.au)
An injured William Britt wrote a letter to his mother,
describing the action on landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. "We knew
what we were there for - the attack on the Dardenelles..."
Private
Craig's View of Gallipoli Landing (australiansatwar.gov.au)
Private H. Gordon Craig was eventually injured after landing at Gallipoli.
He wrote a letter to his brother, Ken.
Letters from
Bert and Vern Smythe (smythe.id.au)
These letters by brothers Bert Smythe and Vern Smythe, from
the Smythe Family Website, cover time
they spent at Gallipoli. Note that Bert includes Gallipoli details in
letters written immediately after his time there.
Extracts from letters in
Australians at War: Secondary Schools Education Resource Part 2 [pdf,
4.3MB]: Extracts from Gallipoli soldiers are referred to under the names of
individual soldiers above.
The publication contains more letters from World War 1, written by soldiers
on the Western Front, as well as letters written by soldiers in later wars.
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