24 April 1915Australian Division Landing Orders IssuedWilliam Throsby Bridges
Bridges issues final instructions for the 1st Australian Division's role in the ANZAC landing.
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Bridges issues final instructions for the 1st Australian Division's role in the ANZAC landing.
Bridges lands with the 1st Australian Division and attempts to organise the scattered troops above ANZAC Cove.
MacLaurin's brigade moves into the left side of the expanding ANZAC perimeter.
Monash brings the 4th Australian Brigade ashore and helps fill gaps in the developing ANZAC perimeter.
McCay's brigade is diverted toward the southern flank as the landing plan breaks down.
Bridges questions the halt on the second ridge while the original objectives remain beyond the ANZAC foothold.
MacLaurin is killed by Ottoman fire while commanding the 1st Australian Brigade at Anzac.
McCay leads the 2nd Australian Brigade in the final phase of the Second Battle of Krithia.
Chauvel lands with the 1st Light Horse Brigade to reinforce the ANZAC infantry.
Bridges is shot by an Ottoman sniper while inspecting the front in Monash Valley.
Bridges dies from the wound received at ANZAC and becomes the senior Australian officer lost in the campaign.
Jacka attacks Ottoman soldiers occupying part of an Australian trench and helps restore the position.
Howse works to improve treatment and evacuation arrangements for the growing number of ANZAC casualties.
Chauvel coordinates defence of the forward posts during repeated Ottoman pressure.
Monash's brigade assumes responsibility for exposed positions around Pope's Hill and Monash Valley.
Chauvel takes responsibility for the dangerous Quinn's, Courtney's and Steele's Post sector.
Chauvel leaves Gallipoli through illness after commanding the forward ANZAC posts.
Monash strengthens defensive works and communications in the sector that comes to bear his name.
Monash's brigade enters the difficult northern gullies during its attempt to reach Hill 971.
White leads the 8th Light Horse Regiment in the opening waves of the attack at The Nek.
Monash's exhausted brigade becomes delayed in broken terrain and fails to reach Hill 971 on schedule.
Hughes commits the 3rd Light Horse Brigade to the assault at The Nek.
Symons leads men defending newly captured trenches during fierce Ottoman counterattacks at Lone Pine.
Symons organises local counterattacks and helps hold captured trenches during the Lone Pine fighting.
Burton helps defend a trench barricade during close fighting at Lone Pine.
Shout leads repeated bombing attacks against Ottoman trenches during the fighting at Lone Pine.
Dunstan remains at a forward bombing position while Ottoman counterattacks press the Australian line.
Hamilton holds a forward trench position under intense fire during the Battle of Lone Pine.
Tubb helps defend a captured sap against repeated Ottoman bombing attacks at Lone Pine.
Shout is mortally wounded when a bomb explodes during close fighting at Lone Pine.
Addison rallies his platoon under machine-gun fire during the first assault on Hill 60.
Reynell's 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment is committed as reinforcements during the renewed fighting for Hill 60.
Reynell leads the 9th Light Horse Regiment in close fighting during the renewed assault on Hill 60.
Reynell is killed while his regiment fights for Ottoman trenches during the second phase of the Hill 60 battle.
Reynell is killed while his regiment is engaged in the continuing struggle for Hill 60.
Throssell helps hold captured trenches during repeated Ottoman bomb attacks at Hill 60.
Fry commands a combined squadron as the 10th Light Horse fights through captured trenches with bombs and rifles before dawn.
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White's plan removes sick men, surplus troops and stores while the front continues to appear fully occupied.
White's detailed timetable governs the final nights of withdrawal from the ANZAC perimeter.
White's rear guards maintain irregular rifle fire to conceal the final movement of troops toward the beaches.
White's withdrawal plan succeeds as the final ANZAC troops leave before dawn with virtually no casualties.
White devises a phased evacuation plan intended to remove troops and stores without alerting Ottoman observers.
White uses deliberate periods of silence followed by normal firing to condition Ottoman troops before the withdrawal.
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