Voyage to Gallipoli / Peter Plowman.

Collection type	Library
Author	Plowman, Peter, author.;
Call Number	940.41294 P732
Document type	Monograph
Year	2013. 2013. 013.
Pagination	304 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, photographs ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Rosenberg Publishing (aust), Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd,
Note	Formerly CIP. Includes bibliography and index. In Voyage to Gallipoli maritime historian Peter Plowman takes the story from the planning stages and the requisition of ships through to the Gallipoli landing of 25 April 1915. It covers the activities of the fledging Royal Australian Navy and its role in the Australian capture of German protectorates (including New Guinea) in the South Pacific and the Battle of Cocos Island which saw the destruction of the German raider Emden. Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.
Place made	Kenthurst, A : Dural Delivery Centre, NSW :

Abstract

1. War is declared -- 2. The naval fleets in the Pacific -- 3. The first troop movement -- 4. Seizing the islands -- 5. Gathering the troops - Australia -- 6. Gathering the troops - New Zealand -- 7. Preparing the ships -- 8. False start -- 9. The long wa it -- 10. From New Zealand to Albany -- 11. Around the coast to Albany -- 12. Departure -- 13. The voyage begins -- 14. The voyage of the Emden -- 15. The battle of the Cocos Islands -- 16. After the battle -- 17. To Colombo -- 18. From Colombo to Aden -- 19. A change in destination -- 20. Arrival in Egypt -- 21. The voyage of the Kyarra -- 22. The second contingent -- 23. The second convoy -- 24. To Lemnos -- 25. To Gallipoli -- Appendix 1: Details of Australian transports -- Appendix 2: Details of New Zealand transports.