Troops leave a pier constructed by the RANBT during the first stage of evacuation, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, December 1915.
Laurie was one of 50 men from the RANBT who maintained the wharf for the evacuation of Gallipoli. These men were the last Australians to leave the peninsula, at 4.30am on 20 December 1915. [AWM P11165.024.001]
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AWM P11165.024.001
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Australian War Memorial