'The Rearguard (The Spirit of ANZAC),' evoking lines of soldiers at the beach at Gallipoli, warships faint on the horizon, was bought by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle's spiritualism was iron-clad with the death of his son, Kingsley, in 1918 & the painting offered deep solace.

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Rupert Brooke died onboard a hospital ship–#OTD 1915–having developed sepsis from an infected mosquito bite en route to Gallipoli. As the expeditionary force had orders to depart immediately, he was buried less than 7 hours later in an olive grove on Skyros where he remains.

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Soyes Fermes - The cap badge of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1915 - an acrylic on canvas sketch painting I did last year..and one of my favourite Anzac cartoons (2014)

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Lest we forget - from Gallipoli to Afghanistan - in today's

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World War 1 :: 15000 Indian Soldiers Fought In Battle of Gallipoli Alongside Australian Troops But Their Contribution Remains Unknown

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it was 9 degrees this morning here in Gallipolis! it's too freaking cold outside!!! Brr!!

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Stuart Pearce Regiment killed at part of The Everyday Tommy series of

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B 1944 the great Peter Weir director of fab Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli & v splendid Master & Commander

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Tribute to All-Black Albert Downing, who lost his life at Gallipoli on this day 100 years ago http://t.co/7T9oE2uLfh

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We're almost all packed for our first where we are releasing our graphic novel Achi Baba

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Trench tension - some more artwork from the graphic novel

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Olivia Dill talks about her great uncle, Albert Jacka, who won Australia's first VC

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