At Dawn They Landed: The 11th Battalion at Gallipoli, 1915

Before the sun rose on Gallipoli, the 11th Battalion had already stepped into hell.

‘Their stories, long buried in letters, diaries, and distant graves—revealed in a powerful history of courage.’

At Dawn They Landed follows the 11th Australian Infantry Battalion from their homes in Western Australia to the cliffs of Gallipoli, and onward through the grinding years of the Great War. Drawn from cities, farms, towns and coastal communities, these men left behind families, work and familiar lives...