Signaller Ellis Silas - of the 16th Battalion of the Australian Imperial force - was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli during World War I. With his mates, he went ashore at Anzac Cove in April 1915, and for the next month he witnessed the terrible carnage at Gallipoli while performing his duties as a signaller in the thick of the fighting until he was wounded and had to be taken by hospital ship back to Egypt. This book contains the words and sketches by Silas, providing a brilliant and moving eyewitness picture of what it was really like at Gallipoli in 1915. John Laffin includes in his introduction of the book: "Everything he sketched, he had seen personally. He was the Anzac artist."
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Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
20.0 x 26.0cms (landsape); 90pp b/w illusts very good+ hardback with decorated boards Silas was a private in the 16th Battalion and he was the only Australian artist to paint and sketch to show Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. Seller Inventory # 20489748
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Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Hardback. Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. With his mates he went ashore at Anzac Cove in April 1915 and for the next month he witnessed the terrible carnage at Gallipoli whilst performing his duties as signaller in the thick of the fighting, until he was wounded and had to be taken by hospital ship back to Egypt. The words and sketches of Ellis Silas give us a brilliant and moving eyewitness picture of what it was really like at Gallipoli in 1915. John Laffin has written an introduction and notes for the modern reader to this book which was first published in 1915 under the title "Crusading at Anzac". Rosenberg Publishing, 2010. Second edition. A fine copy only marked by a bookseller sticker to the front pastedown. Seller Inventory # 4236621
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Hardcover. Condition: FINE. Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. With his mates he went ashore at Anzac Cove in April 1915 and for the next month he witnessed the terrible carnage at Gallipoli whilst performing his duties as signaller in the thick of the fighting, until he was wounded and had to be taken by hospital ship back to Egypt. The words and sketches of Ellis Silas give us a brilliant and moving eyewitness picture of what it was really like at Gallipoli in 1915. John Laffin has written an introduction and notes for the modern reader to this book which was first published in 1915 under the title Crusading at Anzac. pp. 90 Illustrated #270316 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Seller Inventory # 43584
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