TIMELINE

1915-04

East Mudros Military Cemetery established

Location

Located east of Mudros town, this military cemetery is the resting place for the largest number of Allies buried on Lemnos. It holds the graves of 98 Australians, including 11 men from the torpedoing of HMT Southland.

Mudros cemetery containing the graves of Allied soldiers who were killed in the Gallipoli Campaign — East Mudros Military Cemetery in 1919. This is one in a series of photographs taken after the war under the direction of Captain C.E.W. Bean, of the Australian Historical Mission. G02072 - Australian War Memorial

An Australian cemetery on the Aegean island of Lemnos. The grave in the foreground is that of Colonel Richard Linton, Officer Commanding the 6th Brigade. A native of Scotland and from Middle Brighton, Vic, he died at sea on 2 September 1915 from shock and exposure following the torpedoing of the transport HMT Southland. — THE GRAVE IN THE FOREGROUND IS THAT OF COLONEL RICHARD LINTON, WHO DIED AT SEA FROM SHOCK AND EXPOSURE FOLLOWING THE TORPEDOING OF THE HMT SOUTHLAND. C02314 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL

The grave of Colonel Richard Linton, Commanding 6th Australian Infantry Brigade, of Middle Brighton Vic, who died of shock and exposure at sea on 2 September 1915, after the torpedoing and sinking of HMT Southland. One of a series of photographs taken on the Gallipoli Peninsula under the direction of Captain C E W Bean of the Australian Historical Mission, during the months of February and March, 1919. — Colonel Richard Linton commanded the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade. G02071 Australian War Memorial