A few incidents of the strenuous life on Gallipoli and the final withdrawal are contained in a letter from Warrant Officer B. J. Keates, of the First Australian Division. He states that the final wish from Anzae, in which lie escaped without a scratch, wa ß the easiest piece of work they have performed, yet the action was one from which they were lucky to escape alive. He continues that the long weary months spent on the hill* will never be forgotten, and when he thinks of all the brave fellows left buried on those lonely hills he wants to keep going until every Turk and Gerradn is wiped out. the Australians and J*cw Zcalandors are anxious!v awaiting a further engagement, when they will show the world that they have lost none of their former dash 'and daring. The highest possible point or purity in aleoholio beverage*-Wolfe's Schnapps, j
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 68, 20 March 1916, Page 7
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