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Gallipoli Timeline
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ANZAC's are Introduced
The ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) is made by Major-General Sir William Birdwood -
Decision to Invade Gallipoli
Australia makes the decision to attempt invading Gallipoli -
ANZAC Corps Recieve Orders
ANZAC Corps recieve orders in Egypt to move to the Front -
ANZAC's Arrive at Lemnos
The ANZAC's arrive at Lemnos -
ANZAC Attack Being Planned
HMS Queen Elizabeth takes ANZAC corps officers and battalion commanders to view the coast of Gallipoli and plan the landing sites. -
ANZAC's Land at Ari Burnu Point
Between 4.30 and 4.45 AM The ANZACS arrive around Ari Burnu Point -
Casualties Evacuated
Around 1700 casualties are evacuated to what is now known as ANZAC Cove -
Turkish Counter-Attacks
Turkish Counter-Attacks fail to drive the Australians back out to sea -
Evacuation For Egypt ANZACs
The Gascon evacuated 548 injured ANZACs of which 14 died on the voyage which took 1 and a half days -
Gallipoli Statement
The PM Andrew Fisher makes a statement in Melbourne saying that the ANZACs had landed in Gallipoli -
Casualty List in Paper
The Hobart Mercury publishes first list of casualties from Gallipoli under sub-heading "Roll of Hounor, Killed and Wounded" -
Turks Begin Shelling ANZAC Cove
The Turkish begin shelling ANZAC Cove from behind their lines -
Attack on the Turkish
The Australians and the British attackeds the Turkish at Krithia unsuccessfully -
Turkish Trench Captured
A party from the 15th battalion crept out at night and captured a turkish trench out in front of Quinn's Post -
1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
The 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade arrives while ANZAC Cove is being shelled by the turks so they are used as infantry for the trenches -
Burial Truce
A truce was set up between the Australians and the Turkish over burying men in no-mans land because during the summer the corpses had a rotten stench that neither side could handle -
Construction of Factory at ANZAC Cove
A periscope rifle factory construction factory begins -
HMS Rattlesnake Makes Overnight Attack
The HMS Rattlesnake makes an attack on the Turkish trench in an attempt tomake them think that the major offensive attacks would be launched from the southern position of the ANZACs -
Turks Attack Quinns Post
After the Turks set off a land mine close to Australias front line and the attack is unsuccessful but Major Hugh Quinn, whom the post is named after, is killed -
Australian Hospital Ship Transports Casualties
First Australian hospital ship the Kyarra transports casualtiees from egypt -
Pier Constructed at ANZAC Cove
The pier was constructed in order to store equipment and for landing stores -
Artillery Duel
The Turks and Australians have a week long Artillery duel -
August Offensive Begins
The August Offensive began with the Australians attacking the Turks at the Lone Pine which was successful but then a tough Turkish counter-attack came as a retaliation -
End of August Offensive
The Turkish troops led by colonel Mustafa Kemal managed to push the British from Chunuk Bair but couldn't move them back to the beach, the August Offensive failed -
45% of Troops Evacuated
45% of all troops were evacuated due to acute diarrhoea -
Beginning of Attempt to Take Hill 60
Australians, New Zealanders and British join to take Hill 60 -
2nd Attempt at Taking Hill 60
2nd attempt of taking hill 60 -
Unveiling on Wattle Day
Unveiling on Wattle Day by Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, it was the first official monument of the fallen heroes -
First Severe Autumn Storm
Considerable damage was done to ANZAC Cove -
Evacuation
All of the troops are evacuated from Gallipoli with only 1 casualty
