His horse has had no water for three days and gallops with a will, for she can now smell the wells of Beersheba which must be captured before the night falls. There is an urgency to this desperate charge, for if they fail to take the town by night, they will have no water for…
1692 Driver W (Bill) Skinner pre-embarkation for Egypt, 1916 “Bill arrived in Egypt in late October or early November 1915 and was prepared to go to Gallipoli as a stretcher bearer however, as the battle there was going nowhere it was decided he remain in Egypt and, as a non-combatant, was only required to train…
He was a young Englishman, living and working in Australia, and sending regular letters and money home to his mother and sister when World War I began. He enlisted with the Australian Army Medical Corps, hoping that in this way he would eventually be able to return to his family in England. Simpson landed with…
