Foundations of Anzac
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. Australian troops relax inside a captured Turkish trench at Lone Pine. Photo taken by C. E. W. Bean, 12 August 1915. Australian War Memorial no. G01126
Heroes of Anzac
Photo taken by George Silk, Buna, Papua, 25 December 1942. Private George C. ‘Dick’ Whittington being helped along a track through the kunai grass towards a field hospital at Dobodura. The Papuan native helping him is Raphael Oimbari. Australian War Memorial no. 014028
The home front
Christmas, 1918. Patients and nursing staff prepared to celebrate at No. 3 Australian Army Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, England. Australian War Memorial no. H03905
Laughter
Vaire-sur-Somme, France. 5 May 1918. Australian soldiers resting at the ferry landing on the bank of the River Somme. Note ‘Circular Quay’ painted on the wall, a reference to the famous large ferry terminal in Sydney. Australian War Memorial no. E04795
Legends of Anzac
Photo taken by C. E. W. Bean of troops landing in Anzac Cove at about 10 am on 25 April 1915. The horse boats (with the ends down) had landed mules. Troops can also be seen landing at the southern end of the beach. In the background is the light cruiser HMS Bacchante. Australian War Memorial no. G00905
Memories
Photo taken by George Wilkins of Lt Herbert Buchanan standing beside a flowering fruit tree on Silt Spur. The tree probably originated from an apricot or plum seed discarded by a soldier in 1915. One of a series of photographs taken on the Gallipoli Peninsula under the direction of Captain C. E. W. Bean of the Australian Historical Mission, during the months of February and March, 1919. Australian War Memorial no. G01951