The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
GALLIPOLI, 1915-10. LOOKING DOWN FROM SNIPERS NEST TO NORTH BEACH WHERE THE STEAMER MILO WAS GROUNDED AND FILLED WITH SAND 1915-10-26 TO FORM THE BEGINNING OF A BREAKWATER. IT WAS USED AS A GENERATOR FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT. INDIAN MULE DRIVERS CAMPED ON THE FLAT ON THE SHORE (CENTRE LEFT).
A view North beach looking down from Mule Gully, with various dugouts and trenches in the foreground on Gallipoli in late 1915. The masts of the steamer Nile (ex-Milo) can be seen off North Beach, whi
North Beach (Gallipoli). 1915-10. The old steamer Milo which was sunk on 1915-10-26 to form a breakwater for Williams' Pier. (Original album housed in AWM Archive Store)
GALLIPOLI. 1915-12. LIMBERS LINED UP ON THE TRACK LEADING TO NORTH BEACH, WHERE GUNS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF PRIOR TO THE EVACUATION. WILLIAMS PIER IS ON THE LEFT, WITH THE STEAMER MILO, GROUNDED AT THE E
The old steamer Milo, from which the majority of troops were evacuated, the Milo was sunk on 26 October 1915 to form a breakwater for Williams' Pier. Soldiers and a wagon are in the foreground.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. In order to protect the North Beach, our best harbour, an old steamer, the Nile (Milo), was partially sunk and filled with sand on 26 October 1915. Telegraphic commu
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 17 November 1915. During a storm, which came up from the south-west, the tug Gaby was sunk, her crew just managing to escape. She had been lying under shelter of the steam
