31 August 1915

• Norman Ernest Davis dies of wounds in Greece
• Intrepid French aviator and first ever Flying Ace, Adolphe Pegoud, is shot down and killed by enemy fire

30 August 1915

• Day 390 of the war
• The Leader publishes the 60^th casualty list. Wounded soldiers include Harold George Sykes and Norman Douglas Sherwin

29 August 1915

Members of the 1st Field Ambulance receiving mail, Chailak Dere, Gallipoli Peninsula, 1915. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

• James Hamilton enlists. James is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in Belgium on 29 October 1917.
• Between 29 August and 14 September, two stretcher-bearers at the 1st Field Ambulance treated 199 dental cases. They performed 122 extractions, 29 amalgam fillings, six dressings, 30 minor operations, two partial upper dentures, two partial lower dentures and 19 repairs.

28 August 1915

• Dennis Edward William Gaynor dies of wounds at sea aboard NZHS Maheno
• William Thomas Moore enlists. William is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would die of wounds in France on 11 August 1916.
• Arthur Clive Gentle enlists. Arthur is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would die of disease in Palestine on 21 October 1918, just three weeks before the Armistice was signed.
• Joseph Murray, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, describes a normal day at Helles:

Nothing unusual to report today; just an ordinary day of shelling, bombing and sniping

27 August 1915

Burning scrub on the seaward slopes of Hill 60, CEW Bean, 27 August 1915.
Image courtesy Australian War Museum.

• Australian, New Zealand and British units launch a second assault on Hill 60 at Gallipoli in an attempt to improve communications between Anzac Cove and Suvla. Bursting shells ignite fires; causing some of the wounded to be burnt. The Allies manage to gain some ground, but fail to take and hold the main Turkish position. This would be was the last major action of the Gallipoli campaign.
• The Leader reports that Mr WT Hitchen of Gilgandra has devised a novel recruitment plan that involves a march to Sydney. This concept would evolve into The Coo-ee March, and take place in October 1915. Novel Plan for Recruiting

26 August 1915

Commercial street in the conquered city of Białystok, c1915-1918. Image courtesy New York Public Library Digital Gallery.

• Białystok in Poland is captured by German forces

25 August 1915

• The Leader reports the death of Edwin Hecules Fardell, having only two days earlier reported him to be in good health. Private Fardell
• German and Austro-Hungarian forces capture the fortress of Brest-Litovsk in Russian Poland
• Major Davidson of the Royal Army Medical Corps at Helles writes:

Four calendar months since we landed on Gallipoli and not much progress made yet

24 August 1915

Two soldiers of the Supply Depot, 1st Australian Division, with boxes of corned beef and canned meat, Anzac Cove, 1915.
Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

• John Andrew Glasson enlists. John is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would die of wounds in France on 22 November 1916.

23 August 1915

• Valentine Edward Lohan enlists. Valentine is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in France on 23 July 1916.
• The Leader reports that Private Edwin Fardell has written to his mother in East Orange to report that he is in good health and to request writing paper and two lead pencils. Personal. Unbeknown to his mother, Private Fardell had been wounded during the Battle of Lone Pine on 8 August and transferred to the hospital ship Delta, where he died of his wounds the following day.
• The people of Orange continue to celebrate the return of Lance Corporal George Tidex, the first wounded soldier from the district to be invalided home. Events are held at Orange Public School and the Foresters’ Hall. Our Returned Soldiers

22 August 1915

• James Joseph Kelaher is reported missing following the attack on Hill 60. A court of enquiry held on 21 January 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir determined that he had been killed in action on 22 August 1915. James’ brother, Bernard, was also a victim of the war.
• The newly arrived 18th Battalion from NSW fails to break into the Turkish positions on Hill 60 at Gallipoli; almost half of the Battalion are casualties.