The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two soldiers in overcoats standing in the snow. For many members of the Australian Imperial Force, the first winter they spent in Europe was the first time they witnessed snowfall. This work appeared in 'The ANZAC Book' with the text beneath that reads: 'Sergeant (during wet weather): "Hallo, my lad, have you got nails in your boots?" Slowing freezing Australian: "Well, I'm that - cold I hardly know if I've got nails in my feet".
'The ANZAC Book' was first printed in 1916 from illustrations, poems, stories and other creative works from the soldiers on the Gallipoli peninsula. In November 1915 CEW Bean, an official war correspondent and eventually official war historian, called for contributions for what was initially to be an ANZAC New Year magazine. Bean edited the work on the island of Imbros and after the Greek publisher fell through, arranged to have the work published in London by Cassell and Company. The book is composed of satirical and sombre pieces about the conditions of life at Gallipoli. It also provides a general outline of the April 25 landing at ANZAC Cove and the military advances, offensives and defensives undertaken in the following months until the eventual evacuation of the Allied forces at the end of December 1915. The introduction was written by General Sir W Birdwood, who explains how he named ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula after the ANZAC forces. Bean contributed an editor's note in which he outlined the harsh conditions that the book was produced in, the significance it had taken on, and acknowledged the contributors.
Silhouette of a warship. Chanak looks towards the Gallipoli Peninsula and was held by the Turks during the First World War. This work was used in 'The ANZAC Book', which was published in 1916 from ill
A view of hills in Gallipoli with crosses visible. This work was published in 'The ANZAC Book', which was first printed in 1916 from illustrations, poems, stories and other creative works from the so
A Staff officer (suddenly meeting a perspiring Australian staggering under a twentieth half-ton load of the very first wheelbarrow ever improvised at ANZAC - until then sacks had been used), "Hello, m
See ART00067.001 for image. Sketch of three vessels in the sea near ANZAC Cove. This work was used in 'The ANZAC Book', which was published in 1916 from illustrations, poems, stories and other creativ
The champagne bottle was used to illustrate' Spiller and Booser Co.' as part of the advertising section of 'The ANZAC Book'. This drawing was first published in 'The ANZAC Book' in 1916. The ANZAC b
The small sketches of needle and nail and bullets were used as illustrations to advertise 'Krupp's non-explosive shrapnel' on page 167 of 'The ANZAC Book'. This drawing was first published in 'The
