The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Trooper (Tpr) William Edward Sing DCM of the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment (left), seated at his sniping position, which was built on top of the parapet of the front line trench, and 150 yards from the Turkish trenches. Captain John Cecil Ridley is on the right. Tpr Sing succeeded in sniping over 150 Turks while on the Gallipoli Peninsula; he was subsequently awarded the DCM. The Turks were for a long time deceived by this position, which they believed to be only a traverse.
Fifteen carat gold medallion in the shape of a cross surrounded by thistles and surmounted by a crown. In the centre of the medallion is a shield engraved with a sniper. The reverse is engraved with
Portrait of 355A Private William Edward (Billy) Sing DCM, 31st Battalion, of Clermont, Qld, who enlisted on 26 October 1914 and returned to Australia on 21 July 1918. While serving with the 5th Light
A member of the 5th Light Horse Regiment sniping a Turkish periscope by shooting over the parapet rather than through the loophole. He is possibly 712 Trooper Geoffrey Dunsandle Daly. Note the short
Portrait on horseback of 2382 Trooper (Tpr) Cecil Thomas Spencer, 6th Light Horse Regiment, from Lidcombe, NSW. Enlisting on 23 November 1915, Tpr Spencer was captured by the Turks in March 1918 and w
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. November 1915. This scene, from on the parapet of an old Turkish trench conveys an idea of the view the Turks had of the Australian landing at Ari Burnu, Anzac Cove, on 25
"Turkish trench opposite Quinn's during fire armistice." This photograph was taken from the Australian trench and gives an indication of the distance between the two trenches. The tops of the Turkish
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. May 1915. The trenches occupied by the French, had been approached by the Turks during the night of 15 May 1915. French machine gunners are shown in waiting for a further
