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Panoramic View of the Dardanelles. Image courtesy Sydney Mail.

Panoramic View of the Dardanelles.
Image courtesy Sydney Mail.

  • The Sydney Mail publishes a Panoramic View of the Dardanelles, claiming “The point where the Australasian troops landed, covering themselves with glory in doing so, is named Gaba Tepe.”
  • Eric Brodie McKay enlists. Eric is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would die of wounds in France on 10 August 1916.
  • The children of Borenore Sunday School donate £6/2/6 to the Belgian Fund. The children had decided that rather than holding an annual picnic they would donate their money to “the starving Belgians.”  The Belgian Fund
  • Anti-German sentiment continues in Orange. Italian born British subject and Orange businessman Mr Robert Mori presents his naturalisation papers to the Leader in an attempt to put a stop to German racism directed at him.  Not A German