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Morning Mags

Q10 Plumes are traditionally called hackles or did they have another unique name for theirs.

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JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Morning Mags

Q10 Plumes are traditionally called hackles or did they have another unique name for theirs.

Regards
JAS

morning and they did

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Q10 - Kangaroo Feathers, I had a mate in the armoured corps and I can remember him telling me that

[magpie in the 80's]

Q10 - Kangaroo Feathers, I had a mate in the armoured corps and I can remember him telling me that

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[magpie in the 80's]

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1. In what year did ANZAC forces first land at Gallipoli?
1915
2. What book which describes Gallipoli was written by Albert Facey?
A FORTUNATE LIFE
3. Which enthusiastic supporter of the Gallipoli invasion later became a British Prime Minister?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
4. In Australia, April 25 is ANZAC Day: what is it in New Zealand?
ANZAC DAY
5. What Australian delicacy is mainly golden syrup and oatmeal?
ANZAC BISCUITS
6. What calibre was the normal rifle use by the ANZAC forces?
.303
7. In what month and year did the ANZACs withdraw from Gallipoli?
DECEMBER 1915
8. What name was given to the beach where the Australian and New Zealand forces were supposed to land at Gallipoli?
BRIGHTON
9. What was the real surname of 'the man with the donkey'?
JOHN SIMPSON KIRKPATRICK
10. Tradition has it that Light Horse soldiers had an unlikely name for the plume they wore on their hats. What did they call it?
KANGAROO FEATHERS
11. Where did the ANZAC forces train before moving to attack the Gallipoli Peninsula?
EGYPT
12. Which design of rifle was used by the Diggers in World War I.
LEE-ENFIELD
13. A famous statue at Gallipoli shows a soldier carried a wounded man. What nationalities are the carrier and the carried, and where are they going?
A TURKISHISH SOLDIER CARRYING A WOUNDED BRITISH SOLDIER BACK TO THE BRITISH LINES
14. Which Australian Gallipoli leader has a university named after him?
SIR JOHN MONASH
15. Which leader of the defending forces later became a national leader?
KEMAL ATARTURK
16. At Gallipoli, there was a British commander known to the ANZACs as 'Birdy': what was his surname?
BIRDWOOD
17. Which Australian journalist and historian is most closely associated with Gallipoli?
C.E.W. BEAN
18. Who directed the 1981 film 'Gallipoli'?
PETER WEIR
19. About how many ANZACs were taken prisoner at Gallipoli?
100
20. Approximately how many of the ANZACs were killed or mortally wounded at Gallipoli?
10,000
21. About how many ANZACs were wounded at Gallipoli?
24,000
22. What was an ANZAC button?
A NAIL TO HOLD UP YOUR TROUSERS
23. A furphy was a rumour. Where did the name come from?
A WATER CART
24. The ANZACs were annoyed by chats: what were chats?
LICE
25. Which poet wrote the poem that includes the lines "At the going down of the sun and in the morning/We will remember them"?
LAURENCE BINYON
26. What is the name of the sea closest to the beach at Gallipoli?
THE AEGEAN SEA
27. What is the local name for Gallipoli?
GELIBOLU
28. What was Beachy Bill at Gallipoli?
A TURKISH GUN THAT SHELLED THE BEACH
29. What did Nat Barton say the last ANZAC on the beach was doing in a tunnel, just before he left?
SLEEPING
30. When were the plans for a Gallipoli invasion first drawn up?
DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

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