A collection of vintage photographs taken on active service - including at Gallipoli - by Warrant Officer (later Lieutenant) Edward James Shalless, a member of the 1st Royal Australian Navy Bridging Train
This very small and relatively unknown unit, formed in February 1915, was diverted to Gallipoli and put under the control of the British Army. On 7 August, during the August Offensive, the Bridging Train went ashore at Suvla Bay and built a number of essential piers. The unit remained at..... More