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by John Crawford


  Auckland Weekly News, various issues

  Auckland Weekly News – Roll of Honour. Auckland, 1915

  Blue & White. St Patrick’s College, Vol 7 No 2, Christmas 1915

  Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Vol 6, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch, 1908

  Newspapers – Auckland Star, The Dominion, Evening Post, Manawatu Evening Standard, NZ Freelance, NZ Herald, Taranaki Almanac, Taranaki Daily News, Taranaki Herald, Wanganui Herald

  New Zealand at the Dardanelles – Special War Number of The Weekly Press. Vol 1, Christchurch, 1915

  New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Europe), 1914. War Diary. Wellington, 1915

  New Zealand Expeditionary Force Embarkation Rolls, Vol 1. Wellington, 1916

  New Zealand Gazette, various issues

  Notes from the Front – Collated by the General Staff, London, 1914

  Our Boys at the Front, NZ 1914-15. Wellington, 1915

  RSA Review, various issues

  The Quarterly Army List of the NZ Forces. Wellington, various issues

  Secondary sources

  Aspinall-Oglander, C.F., Military Operations: Gallipoli Vol. I (London, 1929), Vol. II (London, 1932).

  Bean, C.E.W., The Story of Anzac Vol.1, (Sydney, 1921), Vol II (Sydney, 1924).

  Corbett, J.S., Naval Operations, 2nd ed. (London, 1929).

  Cunningham, W.H., Treadwell, C.A.L. and Hanna, J.S., The Wellington Regiment NZEF, 1914–1919 (Wellington, 1928).

  McGibbon, I., The Path to Gallipoli: Defending New Zealand, 1850–1915 (Wellington, 1991).

  Moorhead, Murray, First and Strong: The Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki Regimental Story (Wanganui, 2002).

  Prior, R., Gallipoli: The End of the Myth (New Haven, 2009).

  Pugsley, C., Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story (Reed, Auckland, 1998).

  Rhodes James, R., Gallipoli (1965; Pimlico edition 1999).

  Shadbolt, Maurice, Once on Chunuk Bair (Auckland, 1982).

  Stowers, Richard, Bloody Gallipoli: The New Zealanders’ Story, (Auckland, 2005).

  Travers, T., Gallipoli 1915 (Stroud, 2001).

  Waite, F., The New Zealanders at Gallipoli (Auckland, 1919).

  Waters, S.D., Shaw Savill Line: One Hundred Years of Trading (Christchurch, 1961).

  Index

  A

  1st Australian Division AIF, 1, 2

  lands on Gallipoli, 1

  1st Australian Light Horse Brigade AIF, 1

  1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, British Army, 1, 2, 3

  2nd Australian Infantry Brigade AIF, 1

  2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade AIF, 1, 2, 3

  4th Australian Infantry Brigade AIF, 1, 2, 3, 4

  4th Wellington West Coast Company NZEF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  at the landing, 1

  occupies Courtney’s Post, 1

  6th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, 1, 2

  7th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, 1

  9th Hawkes Bay Company NZEF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  at the landing, 1

  10th Battalion Manchester Regt, British Army, 1

  10th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, 1

  11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles), NZ Territorial Force, 1, 2, 3, 4

  11th Taranaki Company NZEF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  at the landing, 1, 2

  13th (Western) Division, British Army, 1

  17th Ruahine Company NZEF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  24th Sikh Regt, Indian Army, 1

  26th Battery, Indian Mountain Artillery, 1, 2, 3, 4

  29th Division, British Army, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  withdrawn, 1, 2

  29th Indian Infantry Brigade, Indian Army, 1, 2

  30th Infantry Brigade, British Army, 1

  89th Punjabi Regt, Indian Army, 1

  125th (Lancashire Fusilier) Brigade, British Army, 1, 2

  126th (East Lancashire) Brigade, British Army, 1

  127th (Manchester) Brigade, British Army, 1

  Abbassiah; Barracks, 1

  Hospital, 1

  Achaia HMT, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  kit left on board, 1

  Acland, Maj Leopold GD, 1, 2

  A Country Girl fundraiser, 1

  Aden, 1, 2

  advanced dressing station, ANZAC Cove, 1

  aeroplanes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  aerial photographs, 1

  reconnaissance by, 1

  Albany, Western Australia, 1, 2, 3

  Alexandria, Egypt, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Allen, Hon James, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Anafarta Pt, Gallipoli, 1, 2

  Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Malone returns to, 1

  Arabs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Arawa HMNZT No. 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Arcadian HMS, 1

  Armed Constabulary, NZ

  armistice to bury dead, Gallipoli, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Army Service Corps NZEF, 1

  Arrower, The, troopship newspaper, 1

  Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis, War Correspondent, 1, 2, 3

  Atala, Mr, 1, 2

  Athenic HMNZT No.11, 1

  Auckland Infantry Battalion NZEF, 1, 2, 3

  at Krithia, 1, 2, 3

  at Quinn’s Post, 1, 2

  casualties, 1, 2

  command of, 1, 2

  Auckland Mounted Rifles NZEF, 1, 2

  Augustins de L’Assomption, Les, 1

  August Offensive, Gallipoli campaign

  planned, 1

  Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 1

  at Cape Helles, 1

  at landing, 1

  dead soldiers, 1, 2, 3

  start embarking from Egypt, 1

  Australian & New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac), 1, 2

  first mention of, 1

  landing, 1

  reputation in Turkey, 1

  Austria, 1, 2, 3

  Awapuni Camp, Palmerston North, 1, 2

  awards

  See also Distinguished Service Order (DSO), mentioned in despatches (mid), Victoria Cross (VC); quotas allocated, 1

  B

  Baillie, Capt William DH, 1

  Baird, Sir Alex, 1

  balloon, anti-aircraft, 1

  band, military, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Barnards, Mde, 1

  Bauchop, Lt Col Arthur, 1

  bazaar, Cairo, 1

  Belgium, 1

  refugees from, 1

  Bellringer, Lt (later Maj) Felix T, 1, 2

  Bennett, LCpl Philip HG, 1

  Billy, horse, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Birdwood, Maj Gen William R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

  163: about rations, 1

  at the landing, 1

  awards, 1

  ‘four c’s’, 1

  memo re Gallipoli, 1

  praises Malone, 1

  sleeping on beach, 1

  visits Courtney’s Post, 1

  visits Hospital Ship, 1

  visits Malone, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Bissett, Bugler George F McG, 1

  Blair, Capt DB, 1

  Bollinger, Cpl George, 1

  bomb throwing, 1, 2

  incident, 1, 2

  Bonaparte, Napoléon, 1

  Bonar, Sgt Maj Archibald JM, 1

  Bowlby, Fl Lt HS, RN, 1, 2

  Braithwaite, Col William G, 1, 2, 3

  Braund, Col George F, AIF, 1, 2, 3, 4

  nickname of, 1

  Bridges, Maj Gen William T, AIF, 1, 2

  sleeping on beach, 1

  Bridport, Dorset, UK, 1, 2, 3

  Britannia, 1

  British Empire, 1, 2

  British Section NZEF, 1, 2

  Brown, Lt Col Charles HJ, 1

  Bruce, Maj, Indian Artillery, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Brunt, Maj John W, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  illness, 1

  Bryan, Lt Douglas IC, 1, 2

  Bulgaria, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Bulldog HMS, 1

  Bulletin, T
he, 1

  Buresk SS, 1

  Bush-King, Rev Charles J, 1, 2

  Butler, Hon 2Lt Robert TRP, RE, 1

  C

  Cairo, Egypt, 1, 2

  riot, 1

  camels, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Campbell, John A, 1

  Canopus HMS, 1, 2

  Canteen, wet, 1

  Canterbury Infantry Battalion NZEF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

  at Krithia, 1

  at Quinn’s Post, 1, 2

  at the landing, 1, 2

  command of, 1, 2

  in August Offensive, 1

  on Walker’s Ridge, 1

  rests on Imbros Island, 1

  take Anafarta Point, 1

  Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Carbines, Pte Arthur V, 1

  Carey, Capt Harry (Itonus), 1, 2

  Cargo 2Lt James R, 1

  Carrington, Lt A Hugh, 1

  casualty lists, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Caversham, Berks, UK, 1

  censorship, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  newspapers, 1

  eased, 1

  Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Chapman, Maj Frank, 1

  Charters, Lt Col Alexander B, 1, 2

  Chauvel, Col Henry G, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Chaytor, Col (later Maj Gen) Edward WC, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Chelmar HMS, 1

  Childs, Jessie & Sam (cousins), 1

  Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  church parade, 1, 2, 3, 4

  denominational issues, 1

  cigarettes, 1, 2

  Clayden, Capt H (Arawa), 1

  Clemenceau, Georges B, French politician, 1

  Clemow, Dvr Philip C, 1

  coast defence guns, 1

  Cocos Island, Indian Ocean, 1, 2

  College Francais, 1

  Colne HMS, 1, 2

  Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 1, 2, 3

  colonials, view of, 1, 2, 3

  Composite Division (Gen Paris), 1

  compulsory military training

  in England, 1

  Coningham, Capt Robert E, Staff Officer, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Constantinople, Turkey, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Continental Hotel, Cairo, 1

  Convalescent Homes, 1

  Farlands offered, 1

  Cook, Capt (later Maj) Charles FD, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Cook, Mrs, 1

  Cooper, Pte Albert G, 1

  Copeland, Cpl William J, 1

  Coronel, Battle of, 1

  ‘council of war’ of one, 1

  Courtney’s Post, Gallipoli, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Wellington infantry occupy, 1

  courts martial, 1, 2

  Cowan, Lt Henry R, 1

  Cox, Capt (later Maj) Edward P, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

  commands, 1, 2

  Cox, Miss, 1

  Crewe, Mr, 1, 2

  Critchley-Salmonson, Capt Arthur CB, 1, 2, 3

  ‘crossing the line’ ceremonies, 1, 2

  Cross, Lt Alex J Mc, 1

  Cunliffe Owen, Brig Gen Charles, CRA Anzac, 1

  Cunningham, Maj (later Lt Col) William H, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  at the landing, 1, 2

  commands Wellington battalion, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Cyprus, 1

  D

  Dallinger, Sgt Maj James T, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Dardanelles, Turkey, 1, 2

  destination revealed, 1, 2

  Naval attempt to force, 1

  de Loree, Sgt Maj Peter A, 1

  de Lotbinière, Brig Gen Hon AC de L Joly, 1

  bomb designed by, 1

  de Robeck, Vice Adm John M, 1, 2, 3

  ‘digger’, term, 1

  Distinguished Service Order (DSO), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Dix, Cmdr Charles C, RN, 1

  ‘domestic virtues, cultivation of’, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Don, horse, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Dore, Chaplain Patrick, 1

  Driefontein, Battle of, 1

  ‘Dutch courage’, 1

  See also Malone, Lt Col William George and alcohol

  E

  Echelon B, 1

  Eddystone HMT, 1

  Edwards, Capt Henry M, 1

  Egyptians, 1, 2, 3, 4

  sappers, 1

  Egypt, Protectorate of England, 1

  El Kaheri, ship, 1

  El Kubri, Egypt, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Elliott, Gen Charles A, Royal Engineer, 1

  El-Matariyeh, Cairo, 1

  Embarkation Orders, 1

  Emden SMS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  prisoners on Arawa, 1

  England, Lt Cmdr Hugh T, RN, 1

  Equator, 1

  Essex Regiment, 1, 2, 3

  Esson, Lt Col John J, 1

  Evelegh, Col Edmund, Royal Naval Division, 1, 2

  Ezbekiyeh, Cairo, 1

  expectations of service in, 1, 2, 3

  F

  Falconer, Pte William C, 1

  Falla, Maj Norris, 1

  ‘Farlands, The’, houses, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  offered as Convalescent Home, 1

  Field Bakery, 1

  Field Hospital, Cape Helles, 1

  Findlay, Lt Col John, 1

  flags; naval fire direction, 1

  New Zealand, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  red and yellow, 1

  white, 1

  Flanders, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  compared with Gallipoli, 1, 2

  Foster, Sgt Maj Saxon WB, 1

  France, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Franconia HMT, 1

  Franco-Prussian War, 1

  Fremantle, Western Australia, 1

  French Army, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  at Cape Helles, 1

  at Gallipoli, 1

  French Division, 1

  on Lemnos Island, 1, 2, 3

  French Division, Corps Expeditionnaire d’Orient, 1, 2

  French Navy, 1, 2

  friendly fire, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Furby, Lt William, 1, 2, 3

  wounded, 1

  G

  Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 1, 2

  Gallipoli Peninsula, first mention, 1

  map of, 1

  enemy strength on, 1

  the landing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  See also August Offensive; locations by name

  Gascon HS, 1, 2

  Gaunt family, 1, 2

  German Army; at Gallipoli, 1, 2, 3

  German Navy, 1, 2

  mines, 1

  German Officers Trench, Gallipoli, 1, 2

  German prize ships, 1

  Nord Deutche boats, 1

 

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