Complex sentence: A sergeant in the 9th Battalion by the time of the Gallipoli landings of April 1915, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry, and was quickly commissioned, reaching the rank of temporary captain before the end of the Gallipoli campaign.
Split into simpler sentences: A sergeant in the 9th Battalion by the time of the Gallipoli landings of April 1915, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry. He was quickly commissioned, reaching the rank of temporary captain before the end of the Gallipoli campaign.