Item 01: Henry Frederick Wallace Tucker diary, 14 September 1914-31 December 1915 - Page 223
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[Page 223]
A Realistic Account of the Landing of the Australian Troops at a Dardanelles Sunday 25th April 1915
Half a boats length half a boats length onward
Nobly our brave boys forced the shores and landed
Up the Steep Up the steep
Dashed our heroic Australians
Machine Guns in front of them
Wire entanglements around them
Vainly impede their way
Storm the heights Storm the eHeights
Show the Turks how Colonals fight
Proud of the colors you bear
Proud of the khaki you wear
Brave of Deed – Swift as steed
Onward & Upward
Dashing Australians
Up the Cliffs Up the Cliffs
Onward
Stormed our Battalion
Flashed all their bayonets bare
In the bright sunlight & glare
Oh the Brave Dash they made
And the Dear Life they gave
Oh the rich Blood they paid
And the great victory they gained
Noble Colonals
That was the way it was done
That's how the heights were won
Theres not a mothers son
Faltered or failed.
Out for the Empires good
Firm was their trust in God
Bravo Australians
William Pethard No 8N
Panton Street
Golden Square
Bendigo
Victoria
Mr. G A Pethard senr
Leathlean] Will Pethard friend