Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
Reports from Charles Bean, the official press representative with the Australian Expeditionary Force on the Gallipoli Peninsula.No. 39, Monday 17 May 1915, pp. 931-33
No dateline
Report on the Landing by Australian and New Zealand troops on the Gallipoli
Peninsula at Ari Burnu on 25 April and the fighting over the first two days
after the Landing.
No. 46, Thursday 27 May 1915, pp. 981-982
No dateline
Report on battles through May, including the Battles of Krithia. Reference
to the death of the Commander of the Australian division, General Bridges.
Reference to the temporary armistice of 21 May to allow both the Anzac
and Turkish Forces to bury their dead.
No. 48, Saturday 29 May 1915, pp. 1031-1032
No dateline
Report on the calibre of the Australian infantry.
No. 50, Tuesday 1 June 1915, pp 1047-1048
No dateline
Report on the death of General Bridges, Commander of the Australian Division.
No. 53, Tuesday 8 June 1915, pp.1089-1096
No dateline
Report on training of troops in Egypt prior to departure for the Dardanelles.
Report on the voyage from Egypt to the Dardanelles. Report on preparations
for the Landing at nearby Lemnos Island. Report mentioning the May 21 burial
armistice.
No. 55, Wednesday 16 June 1915, pp. 1123-1124
No dateline
Report on General Bridges as a commander. Report on fighting at Quinn's
Post.
No. 60, Thursday 24 June 1915, pp. 1175-1181
Datelined 9 May
Report of address to troops prior to leaving Lemnos for Ari Burnu. Further
report on the Landing and establishing a footing on the Peninsula. Details
of snipers.
No. 65, Tuesday 29 June 1915, p. 1239
Datelined 15 June
Report on sniping, 'The Turk makes a good sniper'.
Wednesday 14 July 1915, pp. 1327-1338
Datelined 20 May
Further report on the Landing of the 25 April. Report on British warships
accompanying the Expeditionary Force. Reference to Australian submarine.
Report on the fight for Baby 700 Hill. Report on the sinking of the battleship
The Triumph. Report on fighting at Quinn's Post.
Friday 23 July 1915, pp. 1389-1400
Datelined 30 May
Report on the first week at Ari Burnu. Report on return of Australian troops
from Cape Hellas to Ari Burnu, now called Anzac. Report on stretcher bearers
and the death of Private Simpson (Simpson and his donkey). Report on the
prevalence and danger of shrapnel fire. Report giving views of the Turk.
Wednesday 28 July 1915, p. 1445
Datelined 10 July
Brief report on British battleship fire and a sortie by the Australian Light
Horse.
Wednesday 4 August 1915, pp. 1489-1501
Datelined 5 June
Report on the second week following the Landing. Detailed report on the
second battle for Krithia. Report on tunnelling by Australians and New Zealanders
at Anzac.
Monday 16 August 1915, pp. 1595-1596
Datelined 25 July and 1 August
Report of death from a Turkish gun battery. Report on the winning of a VC
by Corporal Jacka.
Thursday 26 August 1915
Datelined 28 June
Report on how news is received at Anzac, including report on trench newspapers.
Friday 3 September 1915, pp. 1695-1705
Datelined 14 July
Reports on battles at Cape Hellas. Further reports on use of tunnels by
Anzacs and Turks. Report of Anzac assault on Lone Pine, in particular the
attacks by the New Zealanders. Report on the Australian Light Horse at The
Nek.
Thursday 9 September 1915, pp. 1737-1738
Datelined 18 August
Report on the Australian attack on Lone Pine. Report on the chaplains at
Anzac.
Thursday 16 September 1915, pp. 2309-2310
Datelined 29 August
Report on Australians and New Zealanders dying 'side by side'.
Thursday 23 September, 1915 p. 2409
Datelined 8 September
Report on thanks to the Anzacs from the British commander of the Expeditionary
Force, General Sir Ian Hamilton.
Thursday 30 September 1915, pp. 2547-2552
Datelined 15 August
Further report on the Australian Light Horse at The Nek. Further report
on Quinn's Post.
Tuesday 12 October 1915, pp. 2605-2612
Datelined 2 August
Further report on tunnelling and the use of hand bombs in trenches. Further
report on Lone Pine.
Thursday 14 October 1915, pp. 2651-2663
Datelined 25 August
Report rejecting 'fanciful stories' about forces on Gallipoli.
Report accurately detailing the theatres of operation on the Peninsula.
Monday 18 October 1915, pp. 2667-2670
Datelined 30 August
Report on the New Zealand troops at Sari Bair.
Thursday 28 October 1915, pp. 2777-2782
Datelined 1 September
Report on 'six wild, confused days of trench fighting' from
the 6 August offensive. Report on the battles of the second August offensive
on 21 August.
Tuesday 16 November 1915, pp. 2917-2937
Datelined 1 August
Report on Turk as a brave enemy. Further report on Lone Pine. Report on
the dug-outs made by Australian soldiers on the first day of the Landing.
Further report on the Light Horse at The Nek. Report on the wounding of
General Walker whilst commanding the Australians. Report on the wounding
of General Ryrie.
Monday 22 November 1915, pp. 2955-2957
Datelined 29 October
Further reports on Lone Pine. Reports on actions winning Victoria Crosses.
Report on deaths from gassing at Gallipoli.
Thursday 25 November 1915, pp. 3047-3048
Datelined 7 September
Report on the sinking of the Southland. Report on Australian Navy
Bridging Train at ' Kangaroo Beach' at Suvla Bay.
Thursday 2 December 1915, pp. 3055-3058
Datelined 10 October
Report on New Zealand General Walker and the naming of Walker's Ridge.
Discussion on the terminology of official war reports. Descriptions relating
warfare at Gallipoli and in France.
Wednesday 8 December 1915, pp. 3101-3107
Datelined 19 October
Report on Turkish treatment of Armenians. Report on the deserted dug-outs
of a 'trench city' when the Anzacs who had inhabited the dug-outs
had been killed. Report on the characteristics of Australians at Anzac.
Report on a visit by Lord Kitchener.
Friday 24 December 1915, pp. 3211-3214
Datelined 22 October
Report on hospital transport arrangements. Further report on Victoria Crosses
awarded at Lone Pine. Report on snow at Gallipoli. Report on bitter cold
and torrential downpours causing death in Turkish trenches.
Thursday 6 January 1916 pp. 31-33
Datelined 7 November
Discussion on highly coloured reporting from Gallipoli. Report on the 'long,
dreary intervals of trench fighting.'
No. 3, Monday 10 January 1916, pp. 35-38
Datelined 19 December
Report on the evacuation from Gallipoli.
No. 6, Thursday 13 January 1916, pp. 91-92
Datelined 1 December
Report on the death at Quinn's Post of a Turk wearing the Iron Crescent.
Report on a Turkish grave made by the Anzacs.
No. 10, Friday 21 January 1916, pp. 147-49
Datelined 23 December
Report on the last days for the Australian and New Zealand troops at Anzac.
Futher report on the evacuation.
No. 11, Tuesday 25 January 1916, pp. 151-153
Datelined 4 December
Report discussing tunnelling and the lulls between battles. Report datelined
22 January comparing Gallipoli and trench warfare in France.
