The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gallipoli. 1915. Panorama taken from Brighton Hill showing positions held by the Anzac troops. The caption on the bottom of the original photograph reads from left to right: `The foot of Shrapnel Gully, showing Suvla Bay in distance. Headquarters Beach other side of hill; The Chess Board, Walker's Ridge and the Gap. The 3rd Field Ambulance on slope of near hill; McCay's Hill, showing Artillery Road. White's Gully on far side of hill; Head of Victoria Gully. 1st Brigade occupied the trenches up this part. Several batteries occupied left of ridge, from which Olive Grove was shelled; Shows Shell Green and the position along the right centre, the bare patches were cotton fields when troops landed, paths and tracks made by troops, the dense scrub being used for firewood; Foot of Victoria Gully. 1st Field Ambulance in foreground. The first jut of land in distance is Gaba Tepe Point. Olive Grove is at foot of big hill in background where "Beachy Bill" was stationed. Achi Baba is indicated by arrow.'
On the morning of 26 April 1915 I [Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean] went to Colonel McCay's Headquarters, on McCay's Hill at Anzac. This shows Bolton's Hill on which right of line then was, and Shell Gree
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. Kilid Bahr Plateau, Olive Grove, Achi Baba and Helles seen from the sea, are here shown in the order named from the left. It was from Olive Grove that "Beachy Bill,"
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. Kilid Bahr Plateau, Olive Grove, Achi Baba and Helles seen from the sea, are here shown in the order named from the left. It was from Olive Grove that "Beachy Bill,"
Reconnaissance sketch on folded graph paper delineated into 8 sections. Points of reference include: Chessboard trenches and Imbros (Sec. 1); Pope's Hill and The Razor Back, together with indications
Scrapbook leaf with a reconnaissance sketch on graph paper and extended inscription, which reads: "A Reconnaissance sketch showing the Southern portion of the Peninsular - This was done for the purpos
A VIEW TAKEN FROM 1ST DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, LOOKING DOWN WHITE'S GULLY. McCAY'S HILL IS ON THE LEFT.
