The last Gallipoli fighting ship: Melbourne sculptor carves together Lone Pine and Suvla for Britain, a century on

By Tony Wright
Updated August 4 2015 - 7:08pm, first published 2:26pm
Dr Ross Bastiaan, of Melbourne, has sculpted a bronze plaque detailing the exploits of the last Gallipoli ship, M33, to be unveiled in Portsmouth, England.
Dr Ross Bastiaan, of Melbourne, has sculpted a bronze plaque detailing the exploits of the last Gallipoli ship, M33, to be unveiled in Portsmouth, England.
The Lone Pine in April 1915, before the charge.
The Lone Pine in April 1915, before the charge.

A fierce barrage of artillery shells fell on the Turkish trenches of Lone Pine and on the surrounding hills of Gallipoli for a full hour on the late afternoon of August 6, 1915.

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