Diorama of the Battle of Romani Australian War Memorial Canberra Breaking in the horses Major Michael Shanahan ANZAC troops in the Sinai Bill the Bastard statue Murrumburrah NSW Michael Shanahan in hospital ID: 569584
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Bill the Bastard and the Battle of Romani
Diorama of the Battle of Romani Australian War Memorial CanberraSlide2
Breaking in the horsesSlide3
Major Michael ShanahanSlide4
ANZAC troops in the SinaiSlide5
Bill the Bastard statue Murrumburrah, NSWSlide6
Michael Shanahan in hospitalSlide7
Returning to Romani
The Allied troops lost 202 men, mostly ANZACs
.
The
Turkish toll was 1,250 killed, almost 4,000 injured and another 4,000 captured. Slide8
ANZAC success
British commander, Sir Archibald Murray called the ANZACs, “the keystone of the
defence
of Egypt”
The ANZACs were then put on the frontline of the battle through the Sinai
Turned the British thinking from defence of the Suez to ‘get Jerusalem’
First time the Turkish armies were defeatedSlide9
...but always at a cost
For men
and for horsesSlide10
Bill’s grave at Gallipoli