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Centenary education
All about Gallipoli
Middle/upper primary
Name:
How much do you know about the Gallipoli campaign in World War I?
Answer the questions, or provide the information requested below. The following websites
will help you, but you may use other sources if you wish. You must record the source of
information for each of your answers.
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www.forteachersforstudents.com.au/site
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www.awm.gov.au
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www.anzacsite.gov.au
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www.dva.gov.au
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www.army.gov.au
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www.wikipedia.com
1. What does the acronym ‘ANZAC’ stand for?
Source:
2. W
here did the Australian troops spend four and a half months training before they
were sent to Gallipoli?
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3. On what date did the ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli?
Source:
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4. What is the Dardanelles?
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5. Why did the Allied troops want to control the Dardanelles?
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6. How long were the ANZAC troops stationed at Gallipoli?
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7. H
ow many casualties did the ANZAC troops suffer during the Gallipoli campaign and
how many deaths did this include?
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8. What was the ‘AE2’ and how was it involved in the Gallipoli campaign?
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9. On the map of Turkey, indicate the following:
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the Gallipoli Peninsula
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Anzac Cove
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the Dardanelles
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Cape Helles
TURKEY
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10.Read the following extract from a letter written by a soldier named William Murray to
his mother and father. The letter was written from a hospital in Cairo on 16th May 1915.
(The letter has been sourced from Australia Post archives.)
“At last the long looked for day arrived and word came that we would
shortly be fighting in the Dardanelles and that the 3rd Brigade were to be
the advanced guard and effect the first landing and drive the Turks back
from the beach so as to make it safe for the other troops to land. I can
tell you we appreciated the honour of being picked to perform that most
difficult operation of landing on an open beach in the face of opposition.”
“A & C Company were chosen from the 11th so you see we were going to be
the very first to land.”
“The Navy guaranteed to put us ashore but couldn’t guarantee to take us
off again, so you know what that means, and we knew what we were going
to. I can honestly tell you that for untried troops the Australians are the
bravest men I have ever met.”
What are your initial impressions of this letter? Write some words that describe your
thoughts as you read it. How do you think William was feeling at this stage?
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11.Now read this extract.
“At 2am next morning (Sunday 25th) we climbed over the side into the boats
which they had got ready to take us ashore. The moon was shining brightly
and we could see the dark line of hills on the shore of Gallipoli.
Everything was quiet and not a sound was to be heard except that of the
propeller of the ‘Pinnac’ which was towing us (6 boats tied in a line) around
until the moon should go down and the first light of day came over the sky.
By that time we were about half a mile from the shore so we made a dash
for it. When about 200 yards away, two shots rang out in quick succession
fired by the Turkish sentries on the hills. The bullets cut the water near us.
We were then in a line parallel with the beach.
The ‘Pinnac’ cut the rope that fastened us to it and made back for the
warship, our boats also cut themselves loose from each other and turned
for shore. By this time the noise of machine guns and rifle fire was simply
deafening and the bullets were whizzing by our heads like flies.
Our only hope was to get ashore and we pulled like demons, but although we
could have only been a few minutes it seemed hours before we eventually got
there.”
How do you think William was feeling now? How do you think you would be feeling in
this situation?
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