Through the extraordinary events of the ANZAC invasion of Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula, Gerald Gibson was an eyewitness to a military event that has been commemorated in Australia for nearly 100 years. His diary challenges several long-held beliefs but, more importantly, paints a dramatic picture of life at an event that has emerged as one of the defining moments in Australia’s history.
“Gerald Gison’s eyewitness account of the Gallipoli campaign is outstanding. The first-hand observations and original, never-before-published photographs document everyday life both at the Australian Light Horse’s base in Egypt and at Anzac Cove itself, where his role in supply allowed him almost complete freedom of movement and association. The painstaking work done by grandson Robert Gibson in transcribing and verifying the diary entries and Steve Kendall in researching the people, places and equipment mentioned by Gibson make it a thoroughly accurate, engrossing and educational read.”
“Very personal story of life seen from Anzac Cove. This officer moved about the battlefront coming into daily touch with life and death. What’s more he had a camera with him.”
iv, 145 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs, portraits ; 25 cm #130322
Special Centenary Edition.
Gibson, G. M. — Diaries. | World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Australian. | World War, 1914-1918 — Battlefields — Turkey — Gallipoli Peninsula. | World War, 1914-1918 — Battlefields — Turkey — Gallipoli Peninsula — Photographs. | World War, 1914-1918 — Participation, Australian. | Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey) — History, Military. | Australian