By Jim Haynes
When 26,000 Anzac troops went ashore at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, so much have been going into conflict for the 1st time. those are their yarns, poems and reminiscences. their tales of recruitment, their stories of existence within the trenches, their debts of the scuffling with and their evocations of coming domestic. listed here are the tales of Australian nurses tending the wounded, the sunshine Horsemen who needed to go away their mounts in Egypt, and the unusual bond among the Australians and their Turkish enemy.
This is a suite filled with poignancy, horror and disappointment, in addition to dry Aussie humour from considered one of Australia's such a lot winning storytellers. It reminds us that Gallipoli used to be greater than an army crusade. those are the forgotten tales and yarns that provide center to the Anzac legend.
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