ANZAC HEROISM.
EVACUATION OF GALLIPOLI. AN UNCHRONICLED STORY. [BY telegraph.,—own correspondent. ] THAMES, Monday. An unchronicled story of Anzae heroism was told by Mr. A. M. Samuel, M.P., at Hikufeaia yesterday, when he wa3 unveiling the ornamental gates of the Alley Memorial Park. The evacuation of Gallipoli had been planned to occupy two days and nights, said Mr. Samuel, and tho whole of the troops were to leave in three divisions. The officers in command knew of this 14 days beforehand, when it was considered an absolutely impossible achievement. On the last night the remaining troops, including the Wellington Mounted Regiment, of which he was in command at the time, were to leave in three parties. Orders were given that the first party would leave at 9 p.m., tho second at midnight and the third at 2 a.m. When this Was known to the officers, non-com-missioned officers and men, there was not a single one in his regiment who did not ask to be included in the last party to leave Gallipoli. This, said Mr. Samuel, would ever be the proudest memory of his life. i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19510, 14 December 1926, Page 12
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