Australia and the Gallipoli Campaign
- Aug–Dec 1914
- Jan–Apr 1915
- May 1915
- June 1915
- July 1915
- August 1915
- Sept–Oct 1915
- Nov 1915
- Dec 1915
- 1916–2000
September–October 1915
The transport ship Southland, carrying Australian and some British troops, was torpedoed on its way to Lemnos. Thirty-two Australian soldiers lost their lives, most being drowned.
3 September 1915
The body of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges, commander of the 1st Australian Division, who died of wounds received on Gallipoli on 15 May 1915, was buried in the grounds of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra. Bridges was the first commandant of Duntroon and he was the only Australian soldier who died overseas in the two world wars whose body was returned to home during the course of the war.
7 September 1915
Unveiling on Wattle Day by the Governor-General, Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, in an Adelaide park of the ‘first official monument to the fallen heroes’. It was inscribed Australian Soldiers Dardanelles April 25 1915.
Four calendar months since we landed on Gallipoli and not much progress made yet.
12 September 1915
Lieutenant F E Jensen, 28th Battalion (Western Australia) was shot through the face in the front line. Jensen subsequently died of his wounds. This was the battalion's first day in the Gallipoli trenches.
20 September 1915
On this day Private G J Owen, 28th Battalion, had a lucky escape. While standing on the fire-step of his trench observing the enemy line, he felt a blow to his chest. On examination, he found that a bullet had penetrated his greatcoat and jacket, a wallet in his pocket and then lodged itself harmlessly in a small Bible he always carried.
3 October 1915
Captain Frank Coen, 18th Battalion (New South Wales), of Yass, New South Wales, received two parcels from home containing, among other things, copies of the local paper, the Yass Courier, socks, a scarf and cigarettes. These parcels were sent to him by the ladies of the Yass Boys' Comforts Fund.
4 October 1915
The 28th Battalion (Western Australia) is relieved after 24 days duty in the front line trenches. During that relatively quiet period on Gallipoli the battalion suffered the following casualties: 13 killed, 9 died of wounds, 46 wounded, 35 evacuated sick.
8 October 1915
The first severe autumn storm lashed the Gallipoli peninsula from the south-west. Considerable damage was done at Anzac Cove, particularly to the water supply.
15 October 1915
Initial meeting at the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, of the ‘Anzac Medical Society’. A lecture was given by Sir Victor Horsley, surgeon consultant to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, on the topic ‘First Aid in Head Injuries’.
25 October 1915
Death from enteric fever on board the hospital ship Glenart Castle of Private James Martin, 21st Battalion (Victoria), of Hawthorn, Melbourne. Martin, aged 14, is thought to have been the youngest Australian soldier to die at Gallipoli.