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THE QUEENSCLIFF AND POINT LONSDALE NEWS Published monthly on the first Wednesday and available in Queenscliff, APRIL, 2015 Phone: 5258 4828, e-mail: [email protected] Point Lonsdale and the Queenscliff/Sorrento Ferry. Circulation 5000 – Number 185 – FREE Website: www.queenscliffeherald.com.au Among Major Leslie Standish Fraser Hore's drawings is this one of Anzac Beach that was at the heart of the Anzac position. By the end of 1915 most people in Gallipoli – Our Spirit Australia would have seen a photograph or press drawing of the 'Beach' and ever Victorian Anzac Centenary Com- wounded. The loss of life was shocking, since this scene of Anzac Cove drawn in June 1915 has remained one of the best mittee Chairman Ted Baillieu reflects on the wounds and mental scars likewise. known images of Australians on Gallipoli. how World War 1 shaped our state. Some families lost several sons to the "When the Great War began, Melb- war. The loss of life was shocking, the ourne was the capital of Australia. It wounds and mental scars likewise. was in Melbourne, in Spring Street, Communities faced the loss of a where the Federal Parliament sat. State generation of workers and leaders. Parliament was relegated to the Exhi- Schools lost many teachers - they had bition Buildings. Prime ministers lived enlisted at exceptional rates. The in Melbourne and our fledgling military absence and loss of so many men left was based here. many women without partners to marry The formal decisions to take Aust- and in turn without children. Victoria ralia to war, to initially commit 20,000 took years to recover its optimism. The troops and to assign our navy to British horrors were just too close. Admiralty control, were made in 1914 Nevertheless we can safely say the at a Cabinet meeting at 1 Collins Street. Anzac spirit forged in those years The war changed Victoria remains a core characteristic of our Those first Victorian left home in state, and the steadfast loyalty and August 1914 by train and by convoys respect for veterans is as strong today as from Port Melbourne. All thought they it ever was. would be 'home by Christmas'. It would Our focus is to ensure future gener- be an 'adventure'. If only it were so. ations find and hold the threads of their Of the 114,000 who enlisted in own connections to those who served Victoria, 19,000 died and 50,000 were and sacrificed." Anzac Centenary 2014 – 2018 Australians commemorate 25 Division. These men came from 1941, describes the scene: The first in the advance up the range: districts, country towns and city April 1915 as 'Anzac Day'. It was what Charles Bean, Australia's Australians clambered out on to the Lieutenant Mordaunt Reid, who was suburbs. the day of the 'Landing at Gal- official historian, called the 'outer small plateau … heavy fire still met the carefully controlling the fire from the right Much can be learnt about the lipoli' when over 20,000 Aust- states' - Western Australia, South Australians appearing over the rim of the of (the) line, was severely hit through the Anzacs from the detailed individual ralians, New Zealanders and some Australia, Tasmania and Queens- plateau, and was sufficient to force the thigh. One of his men went to help him records kept in national archival servicemen from other countries land. The 11th Battalion, from first men to take what cover they could on crawl to the rear, but Reid was never collections such as those of the went ashore at the Gallipoli Western Australia, came ashore not the seaward edge… Captain Annear was thereafter seen or heard of by his Australian War Memorial and the Peninsula. They fought the soldiers at Anzac Cove, but on the beach hit through the head and lay there, the battalion. National Archives Australia. Pro- of the Ottoman Army, mainly up beneath the slopes leading down first Australian officer to be killed. The story of these two men - fessor Peter Dennis of ADFA on the ridges well beyond the from Ari Burnu Point and Plugge's Later, as the men of the 11th Annear and Reid - was to be (Australian Defence Force Acad- beaches. The first group ashore Plateau. Battalion struggled up towards the repeated over and over again on 25 emy) has put together a database - landed at dawn; they were the so- Among the first to fall was heights of Chunuk Bair they met April 1915 as the Anzacs battled First to Fall - containing the names called 'covering force' whose task Captain William Annear, 11th strong Turkish opposition around with determined Turkish resistance of all the Anzacs killed on the first was to drive the Turkish defenders Battalion, of Subiaco, Western the slopes of a hill called Baby 700. and attempts to drive them back into day at Gallipoli. The information in into the hills. After that the main Australia. He was shot as he came Another young officer was killed the sea. All told more than 620 the database sheds some light on the force would come ashore. up onto Plugge's Plateau after the there: Second Lieutenant Mordaunt Australians died that day, 57 of them personal stories of the Australians The dawn 'Landing' was carried hard climb from the beach. Charles Reid, of Coolgardie, Western from the 11th Battalion. They came commemorated at Gallipoli and on out by the four infantry battalions of Bean, 'The Story of Anzac', Vol 1, Australia. Reid had been sent across from all over the vast state of local war memorials all over the 3rd Brigade, First Australian 'The Landing at Gaba Tepe', Sydney, the Nek with a small party to assist Western Australia - from rural Australia. Point Lonsdale's Michelle Jackson's research into her family's WWI history is riveting reading INSIDE THIS ISSUE: as is J. Crigan's story about his great uncle. Pages 7, 10, 11, 12 & 13 feature local WWI heroes. by Rolling Pin Pies & Cakes Absolutely OPEN EVERY NIGHT delicious! 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Between 2014 and 2018 Australia Anzac Day to reflect upon the Dogs on beaches strongly committed to supporting our Applications close 17 April. Forms will commemorate the Anzac Cen- dedication, compassion, courage and I was very concerned to hear of an volunteer emergency ser vice available at www.tac.vic.gov.au or tenary, marking 100 years since our sacrifice of Australia's service men unfortunate incident involving an organisations across the state, as I am 5225 75217. nation's involvement in the First and women. unrestrained dog on one of our local here on the Bellarine. Our volunteers As always, please don't hesitate to World War. The Anzac Centenary is a May the spirit of the Anzac's live beaches. Pets add an important are vitally important to the successful contact me by email or call my office if milestone of special significance to all on. Lest we forget. dimension to our lives however, being and ongoing operation of local there are any matters that I may be Australians. Lighthouse Reserves Update a pet owner is a serious business. services like the CFA, SES, and Coast able to assist you with directly. It is quite difficult for us, a century The Queenscliff Lighthouse Re- Dogs are required to be leashed at Guard and of course our Surf Life Hon Lisa Neville MP later, to put ourselves into the shoes of serve and Point Lonsdale Lighthouse all times within the municipality Saving Clubs. And what better Member for Bellarine 5248 3462 the brave men and women who served Reserve Feasibility Reports are unless they are being exercised at the example is there than in Queenscliff [email protected] in our armed services. 331 citizens nearing completion and should be Narrows Beach (formerly known as where the Coast Guard, Point from the Borough of Queenscliffe received by Council shortly. The re- Dog Beach), where they may be off Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club and enlisted in World War 1 along with ports will be tabled at the April Ordin- lead but must be under effective voice the Queenscliff Fire Brigade are all other Australians. This is quite a ary Meeting of Council, not in March control. integral to the community. Swing by remarkable fact and one which as originally anticipated. The Narrows beach is accessed A $12.5 million funding program demonstrates the spirit of courage and Golightly Caravan Park from the car park near the pedestrian to assist with the work they do under on Easter sacrifice within our community. At the January PLCA meeting I was lights on Bellarine Highway, opposite the 'Volunteer Emergency Services In recognition of this significant asked several questions regarding the Roddick Grove.