THE DARDANELLES.
A BRAVE NEW ZEALANNDER
AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER'S
STORY
(Received June 29, 9.40 a.m.)
SYDNEY. June 29
A wounded Australian relates that during the lauding of the gallant 400
at the -■ Dardanelles everything got mixed. The officers were, killed, and the men were at a loss how-to pro-
coed, when a New Zealander, with previous experience of war, shouted: "I'll take command! I'll get, you back!" A bullet hit him in the mouth, and ho signalled for paper and a pencil. As he lay dying, he managed to scrawl: "Are we downhearted P" and the others cried "No !" The brave chap then fell back, dead.
Of the 400, only 30 were unscathed Eighty wounded men have returned
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9178, 29 June 1915, Page 5
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