The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A game of cricket was played on Shell Green in an attempt to distract the Turks from the imminent departure of allied troops. Major George Macarthur Onslow of the Light Horse in batting, is being caught out. Shells were passing overhead all the time the game was in progress.
"The day before we left, passing the time away. Col Onslow batting." Cricket match on Gallipoli. Images relating to the service of Lieutenant Col Ray Stanley DSO, 5th Divisional Signal Company.
A view of Shell Green formerly a cotton field on the seaward slope of a ridge inland from the Anzac landing area. Later the scene of a cricket match played by Australians as an attempt to deceive the
"The day before we left, passing the time away. Col Onslow batting." Cricket match on Gallipoli. Images relating to the service of Lieutenant Col Ray Stanley DSO, 5th Divisional Signal Company.
"Onslow's spider". A reference to a spider in relation to Colonel George Macleay Macarthur-Onslow, Commander of the 7th Light Horse Regiment.
GALLIPOLI, TURKEY. OFFICERS OF THE 2ND A.L.H. BRIGADE OUTSIDE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS ON SHELL GREEN. (L. TO R.) LT.-COL. MACARTHUR ONSLOW, CAPT. STANLEY (SIGNAL TROOP), CAPT. O'HARA (A.M.C.), AND MAJOR
Anzac soldiers engaged in a game of 'Saddle-me-nag'. When the soldiers at Gallipoli were able to get a moment away from the trenches they would often let off steam by playing games letting them forget
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 20 December 1915. At 6.45 a.m. the Turks began a furious bombardment of Anzac. This shows (inside pencilled circle) seven Turkish shells bursting near Shell Green. Turks a
