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"But the fire from ahead never
ceased, and everywhere on the moorland the tumbled khaki of the fallen ,
and an occasional figure attempting to limp or crawl back to the
Tommies' Trench showed that the casualties must be heavy. Some
wounded man had brought back the rumour that both colonels McNicoll and
Gartside had been hit; but no other news came, and after the 6th,
7th, and 5th, and a portion of the 8th, had passed, there appeared to be
a long pause in the advance of the main body of the 8th with which McCay
had promised to support McNicoll."
The
Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W,
The Story of Anzac, volume 2, 11th edition, page 34, The Struggle
for Krithia. (source 1)
"The commanding officer
of 6th Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Walter McNicoll, former Headmaster
of Geelong High School had twice been wounded within two hundred and
fifty yards fo advancing towards Tommies' Trench. Lieutenant
Colonel Robert Gartside, VD, formerly the second in command of
8th Battalion and now the commanding officer of 7th Battalion, was
mortally wounded some four hundred yards into the advance. Colonel
Gartside, aged fifty three, was a farmer and fruit grower of
Gisborne, and had served in the militia for many years, plus service in
the Boer War."
The White Gurkhas,
pages 101 -102 (source 72) |
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Gallipoli
Heroes – a tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave
their lives for their country, page 47 (source 19) |
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The Age Newspaper,
24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44) |
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The Age Newspaper,
24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44) |
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The Argus Newspaper,
24 May 1915, page 7 (source 42) |
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The Australasian Newspaper,
29 May 1915, page ii (source 31) |
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Australian War
Memorial (www.awm.gov.au), P02275.003, (source 7) |
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Newspaper article |
The Age Newspaper,
26 May 1915, page 13 (source 44) |
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Newspaper article |
The Age Newspaper,
24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44) |
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Family details |
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Headstone |
http://www.diggerhistory2.info (source 79) |
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Notes |
Gallipoli
Heroes – a tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave
their lives for their country. MASSEY, Graeme, page 47
(source 19) |
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