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"Upon this parapet Cass directed the
small party of the 7th to fire as they flung themselves down at the end
of each rush. Constantly exposing himself, as did the other
officers, he had walked across the road and was standing correcting the
men's aim when he was struck down by a bullet which pierced his
breast. Lying beside the road he sent word by a wounded man to
Captain Henderson, instructing him to take over the advancing
line. After two further rushes Henderson, rising to his
knees to look through his glasses, was himself shot through the head."
The
Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W,
The Story of Anzac, volume 2, 11th edition, page 30, The Struggle
for Krithia (source 1)
"Henderson's
brother Rupert, a captain in 7th Battalion, survived the landing but was
killed during the Second Battle of Krithia. He wrote to his father
unaware that his brother, Lieutenant Alan Henderson, had received a
mortal wound during the landing:
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We had two days of, I should
think, as heavy fighting as the war has ever seen, and our
troops have now earned a name and have a reputation to uphold |
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The White Gurkhas,
page 31 (source 72) |
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Other Sources |
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Australian War
Memorial (www.awm.gov.au), H06685, (source 7) |
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The Sydney
Morning Herald Newspaper,
5 May 1915 (source 24) |
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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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Newspaper article |
The Age Newspaper,
24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44) |
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