Title: Eyewitness Account of Gallipoli
Description: Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. The words and sketches of Ellis Silas give us a brilliant and moving account of what it was really like at Gallipoli in 1915.
Subjects: Painting and drawing, Military and warfare, Autobiography and memoir, World War, 1914-1918, Australian Personal narratives, Diaries, Campaigns, Pictorial works, Art and the war