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The Story of The Anzacs. A Digger History Associate site |
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From the Outbreak of War in August 1914 until the Evacuation of Gallipoli December 1915 |
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ORDNANCE: from The Story of The Anzacs |
| The ordnance men fall into the same category as the Red Cross men and the Signallers, and merit equal praise. The fighting men depended absolutely on them for their supplies and munitions, and they never left them in the lurch.
They were continuously on the Beach under heavy fire, and it was no uncommon thing for a shell to burst and bury them under the boxes of bully-beef and biscuits at which they were working. They commonly dug themselves into their own stores, and underwent some hairbreadth escapes. It is claimed that their flag was the first flag ashore. Their plant was established on the Peninsula three days after the landing. |
