27th April 1915

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Fred. Hyde Garcia Russell & I first of 14th

Btn for some special duty. Amn carriers.

Carrying it through “dead mans ravine” up

the hills under fire from Turks. Most Sensational

Continued this all day

passing Red Cross bearing

unfortunate men from

firing line

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Studio portrait of 207 Private (Pte) Leslie Hyde, 14th Battalion from Bendigo, Victoria. A 21 year old carpenter prior to enlisting on 8 September 1914, he embarked for overseas service with B Company from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 22 December 1914. Following further training in Egypt, the 14th Battalion landed at Gallipoli in the early afternoon of 26 April 1915. Pte Hyde was killed in action on 27 April and buried at Quinn’s Post Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.

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