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    Evacuation of Gallipoli

    On 20 December, the last of the Anzacs withdrew from Gallipoli. Around 50,000 troops arrived on Lemnos. Some were treated in the hospitals, others rested their war-weary bones before they boarded troopships bound for Egypt.

    The withdrawal of British and French troops from Helles was completed on 8 January 1916.

    ‘The whole island [of Lemnos] is simply a mass of men and tents.’

    – Matron Grace Wilson, quoted in Lemnos and Gallipoli Revealed, p. 219
    This digital composite panorama shows Mudros Harbour with Sarpi Rest Camp in the foreground. At the time, the Australian 3rd Brigade occupied the camp after its evacuation from Gallipoli.
    This digital composite panorama shows Mudros Harbour with Sarpi Rest Camp in the foreground. At the time, the Australian 3rd Brigade occupied the camp after its evacuation from Gallipoli. A02170P - Australian War Memorial