THAT THE WORLD MAY SEE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2969, 5 January 1917, Page 7

THAT THE WORLD MAY SEE

ANZAC MEMORIAL ON SUEZ CLONAL. An Australian soldier, writing to his parents, says;— "Wc went on our big move 'Jacko.' It lasted four days, aiiu was very fatiguing. The Turks were strong but taken by surprise; and wo took a few prisoners, after our artillery put in some rounds. "Our aeroplane men aro groat. One follow was directing the artillery fire, and would' fly over the Turks' oamc into a haiPof shell fire, mako his observation, and fly back with a message. He did this, perhaps, a dozen times, and as soon as ho got over tho camp they would "turn thoir anti-air-craft guns on him. "After the attack wo got an idea of tho magnitude of tho operations, and at times could see tho whole of the column. There wore thousands of mounted men, .both Australians and New;Zealanders; also hundreds of men mounted on camels —Australian —and the Tommy Camol Corps, a long string of artillery with 14 horses to one gun; then an Indian mountain mounted on camels; then came the A.M.C., dozens of Red Cross carts pulled by four, or six horses; plenty of stretchers, drawn on slides mado out of galvanised iron, and two horses to each stretchcr; then a small" army of mounted sfcrotcbcr-boarors and first-aid men. "Then there was the Army Service Corps, which consisted of about 10,000 camels loaded with rations and water for tho men and fodder for the horses. The whole tiling was a sight not likely to be forgotten. I don't think I saw so many horsemen in ono lot before. The turnout was well managed, every ■ man and horse drew his rations regu- ! larly and in plenty; thero wero food 1 and water in abundance. 1 "Wo camo .back to our palm treo ' camp tired and sleepy. Two or three 1 of our lads wero killed, and a few wounded. ' "There is a big movement among the Anzac. mounted division to erect a bronsio equestrian memorial on the banks of the Suez Canal, whero every- ' one who goes through can see it, to those of our comrades who have fallen 1 out hero on tho desert. Of course, as ' far as wo have been able, wo havo • made our matos' graves'wherever tlioy ' fell, and where possible havo placed ' crosses, with particulars on, and looked after them as well as we could; but ' they aro scattered all over tho coun--1 try, poor chaps, and some of the men ' have been neither found nor identified. ' The graves that are made cannot last ; long after we leave .the -desert, bec cause the wind keeps blowing the sand away, and the dirtv Bedouin will come [ back and probably use the crosses for firewood; so that we all think the idea of the movement the best, in the world, j and we are paving for it ourselves, ' and do not reouire lielj) from the publie, whom we know would subscribe enough in a day if necessary. ' "It will he a lasting tribute to tho 'boys,' and will bo located where people 3 from all parts of the world can see it. J We are still, catins dates and will lie I sorrv when they are finished: so will the horses—they like them better than '' wc do."