Men of the 3rd Battalion AIF landing in Anzac Cove at about 6 am on 25 April 1915. The fairly relaxed and orderly manner in which they are coming ashore would have been typical of how the majority of the Anzacs landed on 25 April, apart from the battalions of the 'covering force' who charged ashore at 4.30 am and whose job it was to drive the Turks from their defensive positions on the heights. By the time the men in this photograph reached Anzac, the fighting had retreated to the ridges. However, the battalion was soon taken over Plugge's Plateau and was in action. Between 25 and 30 April the 3rd Battalion suffered 313 casualties, of whom 121 were either dead or missing. These losses represented about a third of the battalion. AWM A03224.
