Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
From the Journal of Jack Simpson
Shrapnel Valley, Gallipoli
25 April 1915
Today we came to fight the Turks but we didn’t know
they were ready for us. I lost 6 of my friends when we
got off the ship. It was hard to get up the steep terrain.
When I got to the top there were 15 men dead and 9
people wounded.
It is hard work at the battlefront. When we were fighting
a bullet whistled past my head, it almost hit me I could smell smoke and bully beef
for lunch.
It is very exhausting at the front, rescuing soldiers. I can hear
bombs going off and there is a sour taste in my mouth.
I wish I could go home and have my big tea.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
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