Pte Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Ambulance: On Anzac Cove. In a letter to his mother –‘Our ships bombarded the Turkish position on our right very heavy this morning. Most of our Light Horse are here now, turned into infantry. A German Taube flew over this morning and dropped a couple of bombs, one dropped quite close to us. They cause a fearful explosion when they burst, more than shells’.

Dvr Richard Pendlebury (Seville), 2^nd Field Artillery Brigade: On Anzac Cove. Letter written to his brother George from Gallipoli – ‘We have plenty to eat and got tobacco and rum served. It is horribly rough country. All the transporting is done with mules belonging to the Indians. The worst part of this game was the snipers but they have been cleared out now. They were dug into the hill and covered with bushes. One fellow the boys caught hiding in a big hole, the opening covered by a trap door; he used to shoot anyone that passed. They generally have enough rations and ammunition for a month or so. Quite a number have been caught.

We have got all the places named: there is ‘Death Trap Corner’, ‘Suicide Valley’, ‘Hurry Up Point’, ‘Shrapnel Corner’ etc. We usually have a swim every day – that is when the Turks let us. It won’t be long before we are in Constantinople. I am getting tired of the ‘get out and get under’ business and it is a bit crook crawling into a hole in the ground to sleep’.