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275:(AIF), and detailed on 29 April 1915 to hold the precarious position which had been established a few days before. He was promoted to major on 1 May but was shot on 29 May whilst reconnoitring in daylight for a counter-attack to expel Turkish troops from positions nearby seized during an assault on the post.
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in April 1915, Shrapnel Valley (or
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4.7.15 (4 July 1915) The military cemetery near us is gradually expanding, every day you will see a small party witnessing the last call of a comrade who has gone to rest, crude graves some of them are, but they are looked after as much as possible. A good number have large crosses on them, while
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the name for the gully was coined. Later, several wells were dug in the valley and camps and gun emplacements constructed in the lower end.
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On the night of 18 to 19 May 1915, the 5th Light Horse
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others are quite nameless, still all honour to these
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