ANZAC Soldiers

Anzac Soldiers     

By Amy

The events of Gallipoli are still important today because when the war happened, Australia had just became a federal commonwealth. It is also important because the event encouraged many people to remember the men and women who sacrificed their lives for their own nation.

The soldiers wore hats on their heads. Many soldiers wore felt hats that includes a peak at the crown and a badge. Soldiers wore belts and puttees. Puttees are long, woollen wraps that helps to keep warm and to avoid the saddles. They also wore tunics, pugarees and boots. The boots help to keep their foot warm and comfortable.

The soldiers mostly ate food in cans and tins. They ate bully beef(tin canned beef), rice, jam, cocoa, some bread, hard crackers, bacon and dried peas. They drank tea, coffee, milk and water. Soldiers also fed on Anzac wafers. The Anzac wafers were so hard that some soldiers broke their teeth while eating them. Some soldiers added some liquid like coffee, milk, tea and water in the wafers to soften it, to avoid their teeth from being broken off.

The soldiers communicated with each other by using sign language and codes. Sometimes, soldiers use pigeons to send letters. This is rarely used because the opponents might shoot the bird, so the messages won’t be sent.