Pte. Charles Thomas True, “D” Company, 26th Battalion Australian Infantry, wrote to his father, Thomas, at Ulverstone, Tasmania, on 17th September 1915.
Pte. Charles Thomas True, “D” Company, 26th Battalion Australian Infantry, wrote to his father, Thomas, at Ulverstone, Tasmania, on 17th September 1915. His older brother had been killed on the peninsula in May. “You will see I am at the Dardanelles. Stuart Harman, Bill Jeffrey (Zeehan) and I are in the same dug-out. We are on the top of a hill, and all night the bullets come whistling over us, but they are too high to hit us. Our dug-out is a good way from the firing line. We are often fired at by Turkish snipers as we go for water, but we are getting used to it. The other morning we were subjected to shrapnel fire as we were going along a sap. We soon got under cover, though a few of our fellows were hit. We are engaged this week making a road; I am pretty good on the pick and shovel now. The weather at present is similar to that of Tasmania. It is grand to lie in our dug put at night and watch the ships firing at the forts... “The war is carried on a lot different to what thoug...