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"One destroyer landed its tows yet
further north, in the same enclosed semi-circle, but near to the foot of
Walker's Ridge. These carried half a company of the 11th under
Captain Tulloch and some of Captain Lalor's company of the 12th
under lieutenant E. Y. Butler. A machine-gun on some height beyond
Walker's Ridge was playing on them."
The
Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W,
The Story of Anzac, volume 1, 11th edition, page 270 - 271, Landing a
Gaba Tepe, 25 April 1915 (source 1)
"Lalor was by nature the last
officer in the force to sit still and do nothing in so critical a fight.
The grandson of Peter Lalor, who led the only armed revolt that
ever occurred in Australian history - the insurrection at Eureka
Stockade on the Victorian goldfields - and the son of a doctor, he
enlisted as a boy in the British Navy; deserted from that service;
joined the French Foreign Legion; fought through a South American
revolution; and finally was appointed to the permanent forces in
Australia. As an aide-de-camp in Western Australia he had more
than one interesting meeting with naval officers, who little dreamed of
his story. He carried with intense pride a family sword, from
which he would not be parted. He had it with him - in spite of all
regulations - on this morning at The Nek, its bright hilt wrapped in
khaki cloth."
The
Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W,
The Story of Anzac, volume 1, 11th edition, page 291, Baby 700, 25 April
1915 (source 1)
"Morshead made his platoon left form
and move across to Lalor's left. Lalor waved his
hand, and moved his own line to join Morshead's. Fire was coming
from the lower knolls down by the beach. Lalor stood up to
see, and resolved to charge forward.
"Now then, 12th Battalion," he cried;
and, as he said the words, a Turkish bullet killed him."
The
Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W,
The Story of Anzac, volume 1, 11th edition, page 309, The Loss of Baby
700, 25 April 1915 (source 1)
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ANZAC Epitaphs
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ANZAC Epitaphs
(source 10) |
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Anzac Memorial -
1917, page 257 (source 3) |
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The Sydney
Mail Newspaper,
2 June 1915, page 18 (source 15) |
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The Age Newspaper,
6 May 1915, page 10 (source 44) |
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The Argus
Newspaper, 7 May 1915, page 8 (source 42) |
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The Western
Mail Newspaper,
14 May 1915, page 24 (source 52) |
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The Western
Mail Newspaper, 31 December 1915, page 18 (source 52) |
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The Australasian Newspaper,
15 May 1915, page vi (source 31) |
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The Adelaide Advertiser Newspaper,
7 May 1915, page 7 (source 47) |
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http://www.diggerhistory2.info (source 79) |
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