An Eyewitness Account of Gallipoli : Words and Sketches by Signaller Ellis Silas

Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. With his mates he went ashore at Anzac Cove in April 1915 and for the next month he witnessed the terrible carnage at Gallipoli whilst performing his duƠties as signaller in the thick of the fighting, until he was wounded and had to be taken by hospital ship back to Egypt. The words and sketches of Ellis Silas give us a brilliant and moving eyewitness picture of what it was really like at Gallipoli in 1915. John. This Is A Book About Tractors, Places And People. Ian Johnston Is A Renowned International Expert On Tractors. Ian Begins With His Boyhood In Fife And Edinburgh. He Tells Of Venturing To Australia Alone At The Age Of 16. His Experiences As A Jackaroo, A Truck Driver, Erecting Windmills And A Tractor Driver Are Full Of Interest And Humour. And Tractors, Always Tractors. He Brings To Life The Characters He Meets. It Was Tractors That First Took Him To Japan And Green Tea. It Was Tractors And A Visit To The Farmliner Factory In Romania That Introduced Ian To Kalashnikovs. Of Course, He Did Chose To Drive There Through What Was Then Yugoslavia And Bulgaria At A Time When Such Visits From Westerners Were Regarded With Great Suspicion. His Passion For Tractors Extends To Finding And Restoring Old And Rare Tractors. Ian Has Lived The History Of Post War Farming And Farm Machinery In Australia. Sit Back And Enjoy His Travels With Tractors And Gain An Insight Into A Part Of Australia’s History Not Often Seen. Ian Tells Of His Life With Humour And Passion And Tractors. Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. With his mates he went ashore at Anzac Cove in April 1915 and for the next month he witnessed the terrible carnage at Gallipoli whilst performing his du¬ties as signaller in the thick of the fighting, until he was wounded and had to be taken by hospital ship back to Egypt. The words and sketches of Ellis Silas give us a brilliant and moving eyewitness picture of what it was really like at Gallipoli in 1915. John Laffin has written an introduction and notes for the modern reader. He concludes his introduction: "Everything he sketched, he had seen personally. He was the Anzac artist." Annotation Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. With his mates he went ashore at Anzac Cove in April 1915 and for the next month he witnessed the terrible carnage at Gallipoli whilst performing his duties as signaller in the thick of the fighting, until he was wounded and had to be taken by hospital ship back to Egypt. The words and sketches of Ellis Silas give us a brilliant and moving eyewitness picture of what it was really like at Gallipoli in 1915. John Laffin has written an introduction and notes for the modern reader to this book which was first published in 1915 under the title Crusading at Anzac Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. The words and sketches of Ellis Silas give us a brilliant and moving account of what it was really like at Gallipoli in 1915