Words and sketches by Signaller Ellis Silas. Edited by John Laffin.
Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, was the artist who painted and sketched the actual battle scenes showing the Australian soldiers at Gallipoli. With his mates he went ashore at Anzac Cove in April 1915. He witnessed the terrible carnage at Gallipoli whilst performing his duties as signaller in the thick of the fighting, until he was wounded and taken by hospital ship to Egypt. First published in 1915 under the title Crusading at Anzac.