Blog category - Personal Stories

Second Lieutenant Roy Lytton Cummings, No. 5 (Training) Squadron, AFC

24 August 2007 by Amanda Rebbeck. No comments
Aircraft 1914 - 1918,Personal Stories,

A native of Franklin, Tasmania Roy Lytton Cummings enlisted in the AIF on 19 November 1914 and after training was posted to the 3rd Field Ambulance. He embarked for overseas service aboard HMAT A70 (Ballarat) on 9 September 1915 and saw a short period of service in the last month of the Gallipoli campaign.

5561 Private Roy Lytton Cummings, 3rd Field Ambulance, 10th Reinforcements5561 Private Roy Lytton Cummings, 3rd Field Ambulance, 10th Reinforcements P04362.001

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Dardanelles in detail

20 June 2007 by John Lafferty. 1 Comment
Battlefield Tours,Personal Stories, , ,

In the image box below is a very large image of the Dardanelles as seen from the Dardanos Battery gun emplacesments. It covers the view from Helles to Canakkale. Use your mouse to drag the view from left to right. The tools at the bottom of the image can also be used to zoom in and out to see the full detail of this image.

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Note – You can not zoom back fully and see the entire image but the navigation box in the top left coner will show you where along the image you are.

Then and Now

21 May 2007 by John Lafferty. 1 Comment
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I’m now back at work and catching up on the email and tasks. I am also still processing the photos taken on the trip. As I go through the images I am adding notes but also looking for those images that where taken to match those in the collection. Here is the first one. It is a panoramic photo of North Beach. Although these images have been taken at a slightly different angle the details are still clear and the changes to the landscape become obvious.

Anzac Cove and North Beach, 1915Anzac Cove and North Beach, 1915 A02854

ANZAC Cove and North Beach, 2007ANZAC Cove and North Beach, 2007