"you can imagine what it was like. Really too awful to write about. All your pals that had been with you for months and months blown and shot out of all recognition. There was no chance whatsoever of us gaining our point, but the roll call after was the saddest, just fancy only 47 answered their names out of close on 550 men. When I heard what the result was I simply cried like a child." 2/Lt.C.C.D. St Pinnock, 57 Bn, Broker, of Croydon, NSW. Killed in action 19/8/16, aged 30, Letter 15/8/15. From 'Gallipoli - The Incredible Campaign' by Tim Swifte 1985 |