Sgt Noel Syme (Gruyere), 1^st Australian Clearing Hospital: Lands at Anzac Cove and reports for duty.

Dvr Richard Pendlebury (Seville), 2^nd Field Artillery Brigade: On Anzac Cove. Letter written to his brother George from Gallipoli: ‘I saw the Triumph torpedoed on Monday. It happened at 12.30 pm. A wall of water went over the ship and when it cleared the Triumph had a big list. It took twenty minutes for her to turn over, but a bit longer to sink. Almost the whole of the crew was rescued, and it was a grand sight to seethe pick-up boats, trawlers and destroyers racing up to the crew. The destroyers charged the submarines, and I believe they got two. It knocked us a bit to see the old Triumph go. She has been with us all the time and had given the Turks some bother’.

Pte Ernest Commerford (Lilydale), 23^rd Battalion: On the HMAT Euripides travelling to Egypt. In a letter to friends in Lilydale – ‘On the 20^th we crossed the line. We arrived at Colombo on the 25^th but no leave was granted and we were very disappointed. Many of the fellows took French leave but on their return paid the penalty by drilling a couple of hours extra each day for four or five days. The natives swarmed round the ship in large numbers in their boats and did a great trade with the troops. They are great crooks and ask about three times the value of their goods. Colombo has a wonderful break water; some say it is the best in the world. After taking in coal and water we left Colombo the next day’.