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courtney's post

"Courtney's Post - One of the best photographs taken of an Anzac trench system.  The frontline is just over the crest; the reserve trenches are near the top left hand corner; the white earth spilled down the cliffside is from the mines running out to the front; the zigzag trackup the steep cliff is clearly shown.", period picture reproduced from "The New Zealanders at Gallipoli", (Auckland 1921), Major Fred Waite, p. 115.

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Only briefly, at Courtney’s Post, did the Turks break into the Australian position, and they were ejected from there by a party of men of the 14^th Battalion, of whom only Lance-Corporal Jacka, their leader survived.  He was awarded the VC, the 1^st Australian to gain this distinction, fighting with riffle, bayonet and bare hands until the enemy fled.

"Gallipoli", (London 2000), Michael Hickey, p. 180

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