F. R. CROZIER
THE BOMB EXPERT
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER US BY
Drawn by TED COLLES
THE STORY OF ANZAC
The following extracts from the dispatches of Sir Ian Hamilton form a short official summary of the history of Anzac:
The Landing
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps sailed out of Mudros Bay on the afternoon of April 24, escorted by the 2nd Squadron of the Fleet, under Rear-Admiral Thursby. The rendezvous was reached just after half-past one in the morning of the 25th, and there the 1,500 men who had been placed on board H.M. ships before leaving Mudros were transferred to their boats. This operation was carried out with remarkable expedition and in absolute silence. Simultaneously the remaining 2,500 men of the covering force were transferred from their transports to six destroyers. At 2.30 A.M. H.M. ships, together with the tows and the destroyers, proceeded to within some four miles of the coast, H.M.S. Queen (flying Rear-Admiral Thursby’s flag) directing on a point about a mile north of Kaba Tepe. At 3.30 A.M. orders to go ahead and land were given to the tows, and at 4.10 A.M. the destroyers were ordered to follow.