Slept on deck fully dressed still waiting. Transhipped on to Troopship Osmanieh A.O. at 6.30pm and left at 7.15pm. Anchored off Anzac, where the first landing was made at midnight.

Transhipped on to lighters and was brought ashore, landed at 4am and marched to bivouac in a big gully from where we could hear quite plainly shots being fired, Walkers Ridge was just above us. Left about 8pm and arrived in Argyle Gully about 2 miles further to the left, about 10.30pm without loss. During the afternoon we saw an engagement on our left when our men captured some Turkish trenches.

Left Argyle Gully about 10am and marched round still further to the left towards Suvla. On our way we passed through artillery fire on the double for about 150 yards with no great loss, a few wounded and 2 men killed. Entered trenches at 1pm and had to keep low as the trench was only about 3 feet deep and the bullets were whistling over. Moved off again about 10pm and worked till about 4am at trenching about ¼ mile away.

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