Wednesday 27 June 2007

4. Some of the first to Fall.


A group of graves of some of the earliest ANZACs to be killed in the campaign.

The main panel contains four names from C Coy 8th Battalion AIF as follows:
2Lt Maurice Leslie McLeod was killed by a sniper's bullet leading his men from the Wheatfield on Bolton's Ridge up onto 400 Plateau on 25 April 1915. He was 21.
Pte James W Reynolds 710 and Pte Richard Preston 1065 were both KIA between 25 - 26 April 1915.
Pte Frank McC Moorehead (correct spelling) 691 was killed between 25 - 28 April 1915. He was 24.

Note the small grave beside the larger panel.
This is Pte Augustus A McDowall 225 of the 6th Battalion AIF who died of his wounds on 25 April 1915. He was 22.

All are buried at Shell Green Cemetery, Artillery Road Plot.