Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 3, 11 April - 26 April 1915, Part 4
April 17th 1915
To:- Brigadier Major
4th Brigade
Forwarding herewith copies of
messages for your information
Chas.M.M.Dare.
Captain
Ship's Adjutant Helly Suangchoon
File
To:
G. C Suangchoon
N Z G 19 Seventeenth AAA
Troops on Suangchoon will practice embarking in TOWS tomorrow
morning full marching order. Time is not decided yet. AAA.
Troops to be ready by 8am. AAA Ships boats will not be
used. AAA Colonel Monash will attend practice also Colonel
Johnston if the GLOUSTER has arrived by then AAA.
Acknowledge.
From GEN STAFF LUTZOW
10.40 AM.
________________________________________________________________________
To:- Suangchoon. Seventeenth AAA
States are to be rendered through Unit and Brigad
Headquarters in the normal manner both when on
board ships and whilst ashore AAA. It is realised
that under the present conditions they will hav
to be rendered to units and Brigade Headquarte
on the night proceeding the day before which states
are called.
From:- D. A. A. G.
Transport A 25
9.30AM
Recd 17/4/15
Local names for places on the GALLIPOLI PENINSULA.
ESKI Or IBRAHIMKEUI is called HODJA DAGH. 2
TOPALIN MEZAR DERE is called ASMAK DERE. 2
Mountain between INJE LIMAN and KUTCHUK ANAFARTA is
called KAVAK TEPE (not marked in map). ?
KIZLAR DAGH always called TAYYUZ DAGH. 2
Hills on right of road as you go from SELVILI to BUYUK
ANAFARFA are called FLANUR DAGH (not on map). 2
NIBRUNESI POINT is called KUTCHUK KEMIKLI BURUN. 2
BOGHAZ AGHZI name of spit of land between NIBRUNESI Point 2
and Salt Lake.
DURMUZHUN TARLALERI name of land on opposite side of Salt
Lake (North). 2
BUYUK KEMIKLI is name used for SUVLA PENINSULA. 2
Local names on coast from SUVLA towards XEROS.
1. KARAVUL TEPESSI: Genoese watch tower. Three quarters of an
hour from SUVLA.
2. STERNA and MASURLIK TEPESSI. Ruined barracks. Three quarters of
an hour from (1) (landing place).
3. DOMUZ BAZAR five minutes from (2).
4. KARTALI is western promontary of INJE LIMAN.
5. INJE LIMAN has small western bay called INJE LIMAN,
the eastern part is called INJIR LIMAN.
6. AK TEPE one hour from (5).
7. BALOUK SIRTI one and a half hours from (6).
8. SADI KAPUSSU one and half miles from (7).
(hills on right of road from KARNABILI to INJE LIMAN are
called TURSHTENKEUI DAGH).
9. KUYUNU LIMAN also KUMERE half hour from (8) (track to KARNABILI
four hours).
10. 0JAN TEPE and [[ATAGAN?]]and [[BUYUK?]] ODUNLIK, ten minutes from (9).
11. PURNARJIK DAGH one and half hours from (10) (landing place,
track to KARNABILI four hours).
12. SAZLIX TEPE one and half hours from (11) (landing place,
track to KARNABILI five hours).
above places belong to KARNABILI following ones to TAIFUR.
13.KARNAPIZA.
14.KARAJ TEPESSI (landing place and fisheries track to TAIFUR
four hours).
15. ILIA TEPE.
16. CHINALI landing place and track to YENIKEUI.
Informant does not know places beyond this.
SIGNAL ORGANISATION FOR COMBINED OPERATIONS.
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS. (3)
A more complete list of naval call signs than that contained in "Alterations
and Additions" No. 1 is appended.
LIST OF W-T CALL SIGNS.
AO. "Queen Elizabeth" 31T. "Mosquito"
BQ. "Agamemnon" 32T. "Renard"
BR. "Lord Nelson" 33T. "Basilisk"
CA. "Vengeance" 34T. "Rattlesnake"
CB. "Triumph" 35T. "Bulldog"
CC. " Prince of Wales". 36T. "Wolverine"
CD. "Albion" 37T. "Beagle"
CF. "Goliath" 38T. "Harpy"
CG. "Swiftsure" 39T. "Pincher"
CH. "Cornwallis". 40T. "Grampus"
CM. "Canopus". 41T. "Grasshopper"
CR. "Implacable" 42T. "Scourge"
CV. "London". 43T. "Foxhound"
CW. "Queen". 44T. "Savage"
CZ. "Prince George". 45T. "Racoon"
DD. "Majestic". 46T. "Scorpion"
FW. "Inflexible" 66T. "Usk"
HR. "Euryalus" 70T. "Welland"
HZ. "Bacchante" 78T. "Jed"
JY. "Phaeton" 81T. "Wear"
KN. "Dartmouth" 82T. "Ribble"
KP. "Dublin"‡ 93T. "Colne"
LG. "Talbot" 95T. "Kennet"
LW. "Doris" 96T. "Chelmer"
LY. "Minerva" N80. "Ark Royal"
NK. "Sapphire" N27. Tenedos Aerodrome
N.M. "Amethyst" W7. "Manica"
PF. "Harrier"
PR. "Adamant"
PZ. "Blenheim" Special Service Ships.
QW. "Hussar" HKN Special Service Ship No. 12
HKO Special Service Ship No. 13
HKP Special Service Ship No. 14
Special Call Signs.
FK. Vice Admiral commanding Submarines.
E.M. Squadron. 81U AE2
(2nd in command E.M. U32 B6
OF. ( Squadron U28 B7
(R.A.C. lst Squadron U33 B8
DS. R.A.C. 2nd Squadron U29 B9
DT. R.A.C. 3rd Squadron U34 B10
TS. S.N.O. Mudros U30 B11
EJ. lst Squadron U85 E11
DK. 2nd Squadron U96 E14
DL. 3rd Squadron
DM. 4th Squadron
DN. 6th Squadron
Repair Ship Hospital Ship. Depot Ship.
YGK "Reliance" MNB "Soudan" YJG "Fauvette"
‡Call sign of "Dublin" was shown as KF in first list of alterations owing to
a misprint.
French Ships. Fleet Sweepers.
JM "Jauréguiberry" YXV General call sign for fleet
AJ "Charlemange" sweepers
QV "Henri IV" BXZ General call for H.M. ships
GY "St. Louis" from fleet sweepers
YCR. "Hythe"
YCS "Gazelle"
Russian Ship. YCT "Folkestone"
BPR "Askold" YCU "Newmarket"
YCV "Clacton"
YCW "Lynn"
Shore Stations. MSD "Reindeer"
Beach VWX ("Euryalus") YHC "Whitby Abbey"
Base station W1
Right flanking station W2
Left " " W3 Supply & Ammunition Ships
Beach Z ("Queen") YAI "Baron Ardrossan"
Base station W4 YAF "Carrigan Head"
Right flanking station W5 YGX "Swanley"
Left " " W6
The following additions are to be made in manuscript to the aircraft table:-
FN Fire is falling north
FS Fire is falling south
FE Fire is falling east
FW Fire is falling west
Correction to Alteration, etc, No. 1:-
For. All signals in following tables . . . proceeded by single . . . et seq.
Read. All signals in following tables . . preceded by single . . . et seq.
Printing Section
Med. Exped. Force.
G.HQ.
Map
Cape
Helles
Fort
Old Castle
Water course
Road to
Krithia
Road to Krithia runs along ridge to equal
height, on western side of water course.
Kereves
Dere
Road to Krithia
Achi
Babi
Tributary of Saghon Dere runs down this line
BARDENELLES
Section from "a" in "Hospital" (Sedd-el-Bahr) NE through ACHI BABA PEAK to 186 m.q.
Heights exaggerated 6 times
Map
Bearing 48" (Protractor from ruled perpendiculars)
Heights exaggerated 6 times.
Section AB At Rightangle to bearing, and through junction of Telex line & perp. between 169 q & r.
Section CD " " " " , " " second "i" in Krithia and first "3" in 334
Section EF. " " " " " " "A" in Achi BABI TEPE
Base lengths as per map issued.
CH Jess Staff Captain
4th Aust Bde
17.4.15
"C" Form (Duplicate). Army Form C. 2121
MESSAGES AND SIGNALS. No. of Message ........
HJ. Office Stamp.
Aft 17/15
19/4
Office Received 4-45 Received 4.32pm.
TO COLONEL MONASH
SEANG CHOON
Sender's Number Day of Month AAA
LG 22 April 17
Please come to LUTZOW Tomorrow
by 2 pm prepared to
leave in QUEEN with G
O C at 2.30 pm
AAA you will be absent
for 2 nights AAA Bring
A valise and toilet requisites AAA
Acknowledge receipt
FROM H.Q.N.Z. and A. DIV. LUTZOW
PLACE & TIME
W.2384 -583 30,000 Pads -8-14. S.B. Ltd. - Forms/C.2123
TO Colonel Monash VD
Cmmd 4 AustInf Bde
Recd 5.15p
Sender's Number. Day of Month. In reply to Number. AAA
NZG. 23 17th April
Please report to Lutzow not
later than 2pm Sunday 18th inst
to embark with GOC on
HMS Queen AAA Bring valise
and toilet requisites AAA you
will be away two nights
Acknowledge
From General Shaft
Place Lutzow
Time 4.15pm
(Z) WPBraithwaite
Signature of Addressor or person authorised to telegraph in his name.
*This line should be erased if not required.
C.M. Form A 39 (b).
Army Form C 2123.
C Form. (Duplicate.) MESSAGES AND SIGNALS. No. of Message ........
Inquiries respecting this Message, or application for repetition of the same, may be made at
the Delivering Office; but any complaint as to its delay, %c, should be made in writing and addressed
to the officer in charge. In either case this form must accompany such inquiries or complaint.
Charges} to pay £ s. d.
Service Instructions.
Office Stamp.
17/4/15
Handed in at the Office at M. Received here at 9.50 PM
TO T COL. MONASH
SEEAG CHOON
Sender's Number. Day of Month. In reply to Number. AAA
NZG 28 Seventeenth
you should be on queen
by one fortyfive tomorrow AAA
Take your own bedding and
food AAA Make your own
arrangements for getting to
queen AAA Acknowledge receipt of this cancels previous
instructions
FROM DIV HQRS
PLACE LUTZOW
TIME 2 5
D.362/7.14. - C.7220.
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