Letters from Thomas Noonan to home from the front

• November 19, 2017 04:41:41 Paivi Tenhunen

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  things. I was rowing almost everyday as
  

  I was one of the crew of a boat which the officers
  

  used whenever there were dispatches for another
  

  ship. So I had good exercise and
  

  enjoyed it as I am very fond of rowing.
  

       We sailed again on the 24th and landed
  

  on the Gallipoli Peninsula at Saribair
  

  in the Gulf of Saros
  

  on Sunday morning April 25th at an early hour

  and under terrific fire from the enemy.
  

         The ships had to stay outside the danger
  

  zone so we were transferred to destroyers,
  

  which took us in near the beach. As the
  

  water began to get shallow we were
  

  transferred to rowing boats which completed
  

  the journey. All this time we were
  

  under fire and there were some casualties

  amongst us. As for the enemy they
  

  were strongly entrenched on the side of
  

  the hill which rose abruptly almost from
  

  
  

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• November 19, 2017 04:29:33 Paivi Tenhunen

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  things. I was rowing almost everyday as
  

  I was one of the crew of a boat which the officers
  

  used whenever there were dispatches for another
  

  ship. So I had good exercise and
  

  enjoyed it as I am very fond of rowing.
  

       We sailed again on the 24th and landed
  

  on the Gallipolli Peninsula at Sinclair
  

  in the Gulf of Scars
  

  on Sunday morning April 25th at an early hour

  and under terrific fire from the enemy.
  

         The ships had to stay outside the danger
  

  zone so we were transferred to destroyers,
  

  which took us in near the beach. As the
  

  water began to get shallow we were
  

  transferred to rowing boats which completed
  

  the journey. All this time we were
  

  under fire and there were some casualties

  amongst us. As for the enemy they
  

  were strongly entrenched on the side of
  

  the hill which rose abruptly almost from
  

  
  

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• December 2, 2016 15:20:47 Jake Warren

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  things. I was rowing almost everyday as
  

  I was one of the crew of a boat which the officers
  

  used whenever there were dispatches for another
  

  ship. So I had good exercise and
  

  enjoyed it as I am very fond of rowing.
  

       We sailed again on the 24th and landed
  

  on the Gallipolli Peninsula at Sinclair
  

  in the Gulf of Scars
  

  on Sunday morning April 25th at an early hour

  and under terrific fire from the enemy.
  

         The ships had to stay outside the danger
  

  zone so we were transferred to destroyers,
  

  which took us in near the beach. As the
  

  water began to get shallow we were
  

  transferred to rowing boats which completed
  

  the journey. All the time we were
  

  under fire and there were some casualties

  amongst us. As for the enemy they
  

  were strongly entrenched on the side of
  

  the hill which rose abruptly almost from
  

  
  

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