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Australians brave: “An imperishable record,” cables General Hamilton [12 May 1915]

25 April 2024 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the fighting by Anzac soldiers at the Dardanelles (during the First World War), was published in The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), 12 May 1915.]

Australians brave

“An imperishable record,” cables General Hamilton

Mr A. Fisher, the Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives this afternoon read the following cable message from Sir Ian Hamilton, commending the allied forces at the Dardanelles, dated yesterday, from Tenedos:—

“May I, speaking out of a full heart, be permitted to say how gloriously the Australian and New Zealand contingent have upheld the finest traditions of our race during this struggle now still in progress, at first with audacity and dash, since then with sleepless valor and untiring resource. They have already created for their countries an imperishable record of military virtue.”

Cheers in Parliament

In order to enable members of the House of Representatives to express their appreciation of the work done by the Australian troops at the Dardanelles Mr A. Fisher, the Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives this afternoon formally moved the following motion:—

That this House congratulates the military forces of the Commonwealth on the soldierly qualities displayed at the Dardanelles.

Mr Fisher and Mr J. Cook spoke to the motion, which was agreed to, and cheers were given for the Australian troops.



Source:
The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), 12 May 1915, p. 8 (Final Edition)

Editor’s notes:
Commonwealth = the Commonwealth of Australia; the Australian nation, federated on 1 January 1901

Cook = Sir Joseph Cook (1860-1947), New South Wales parliamentarian 1891-1901, NSW Premier 1894-1899, federal parliamentarian 1901-1921, and Prime Minister of Australia (1913-1914); he was born in Silverdale (Staffordshire, England) in 1860, and died in Bellevue Hill (Sydney, NSW) in 1947
See: 1) F. K. Crowley, “Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography
2) “Joseph Cook”, Wikipedia

Dardanelles = (also known as the Strait of Gallipoli) the strait which connects the Sea of Marmara (north-west end of the strait) with the Aegean Sea (south-east end of the strait), the latter of which connects to the Mediterranean sea; it is bounded on its northern side by the Gallipoli peninsula and on its southern side by the mainland of Turkey; it is considered to be part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe (thus separating Asian Turkey from European Turkey); it was the site of a military campaign during the First World War, when the Allied powers attacked the Gallipoli peninsula (part of Turkey) in 1915
See: “Dardanelles”, Wikipedia

Fisher = Andrew Fisher (1862-1928), federal parliamentarian 1901-1915, leader of the Labor Party 1907-1915, Prime Minister of Australia 1908-1909, 1910-1913, and 1914-1915, and High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom 1916-1920; he was born in Crosshouse (Ayrshire, Scotland) in 1862, and died in London (England) in 1928
See: 1) D. J. Murphy, “Fisher, Andrew (1862–1928)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography
2) “Andrew Fisher”, Wikipedia

Ian Hamilton = Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), a British Army general, who served in various British military campaigns; he was the commander in chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli Campaign (1915-1916), during the First World War (1914-1918); he was born on the island of Corfu, in the Ionian Islands (Greece) to British parents in 1853, and died in London (England) in 1947
See: 1) “Sir Ian Hamilton: British general”, Encyclopaedia Britannica
2) “Ian Hamilton (British Army officer)”, Wikipedia

race = nationality; people of a particular national or ethnic origin (distinct from the historical and/or common usage of “race” referring to a sub-species of humans, such as Caucasians, Mongoloids, and Negroids, or Europeans, Asians, and Africans)

Tenedos = an island belonging to Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea, at the southern entrance to the Dardanelles; during the Gallipoli Campaign (February 1915 to January 1916), during the First World War (1918-1919), the island was used as a supply base by the British
See: “Tenedos”, Wikipedia

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