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    Troops arrive and infrastructure established

    Most Anzac troops arrived from Egypt between 7 and 17 April. 

    Their training intensified for the Gallipoli landings and fighting that would follow. Mudros Harbour quickly became a hive of activity. A great number of troopships, supply vessels and battleships moved through its waters. Troops also used its shores to practise for the Gallipoli landings. 

    A navigational beacon system was essential to marine safety in the harbour. The 1st Field Company Australian Engineers helped install some of the 13 or so beacons during April. 

    A STEAMBOAT TOWS ROWING BOATS FULL OF SOLDIERS. THIS WAS A PRACTICE TO PREPARE FOR THE LANDING AT GALLIPOLI
    A steamboat pulls rowboats full of soldiers during a practice landing. The soldiers would row the final distance to shore during the Gallipoli landings. A05746 - Australian War Memorial
    Members of the 3rd Field Ambulance practise transporting 'casualties' aboard a landing boat at Lemnos.

    MEMBERS OF THE 3RD FIELD AUSTRALIAN AMBULANCE PRACTISE TRANSPORTING ‘CASUALTIES’ ABOARD A LANDING BOAT. PROBABLE IDENTIFICATIONS ARE PRIVATE (PTE) JOHN SIMPSON KIRKPATRICK (JOHN SIMPSON; ON THE STRETCHER RIGHT FRONT); MAURICE MAHNEY (BEHIND THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE CASUALTY WITH THE BANDAGED EYES); PTE JOHN ABER (FACE IN PROFILE BEHIND THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE BANDAGED CASUALTY); LANCE CORPORAL ANDREW RHIND DAVIDSON (LEFT REAR OF BOAT BESIDE MAN STANDING); BUGLER WILLIAM FENWICK ROSCOE (LEFT CENTRE FRONT, FACE TURNED TO THE CAMERA); PTE JOHN WILLIAM GILLIES (LYING LEFT, WITH WHITE HAT). C382773 - AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL

    Kensington to Cairo and from Cairo to Gallipoli : album of photographs, 1914-1915 / H.C. Marshall

    MONKEYING OVER THE SIDE INTO ROWBOATS, PROBABLY DURING TRAINING FOR THE LANDINGS. Ydmdmgd9 - STATE LIBRARY NSW