The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"THE EVACUATION" - A SYMBOLICAL FIGURE PORTRAYING THE MOOD IN WHICH THE AUSTRALIANS RECEIVED THE ORDER TO EVACUATE GALLIPOLI, BY W. WALLACE ANDERSON. (TRANSFERRED FROM "A" SERIES A. 2864.)
Wallace Anderson’s Evacuation was the first sculpture acquired for the Memorial’s art collection. The work represents a muscular, slouch-hatted Australian soldier at Gallipoli, leaning against a broke
Wallace Anderson’s Evacuation was the first sculpture acquired for the Memorial’s art collection. The work represents a muscular, slouch-hatted Australian soldier at Gallipoli, leaning against a broke
Collection relating to the First World War service of 651 Private Cephas Ratchue Haines, 3 Machine Gun Company, Gallipoli. Collection consists of two original handwritten letters written by Private Ha
Figure of standing digger, with base in the form of an ashtray. Cast by E.J. Gregory in Melbourne, possibly for Web Gilbert or Wallace Anderson.
Cape Helles, Turkey. 1915-12. A shell bursting near the SS River Clyde during the evacuation from the tip of Gallipoli Peninsula. Ships close to V Beach preparing to evacuate British Army troops from
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. December 1915. HMS Hindustan which arrived just before the evacuation of Anzac, shows the main mast 'struck' by these battleships in order to avoid risk of its falling.
Troops of the 6th Division in a happy mood as they await the order to proceed for embarkation on the troopship which will carry them to the Middle East.
