Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 3, 11 April - 26 April 1915, Part 4

April 17^th 1915

To:- Brigadier Major
4^th Brigade

 

Forwarding herewith copies of

messages for your information

Chas.M.M.Dare.

Captain

Ship's Adjutant Hell^y 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

                                                                                                                        

Rec^d 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 peppendiculars)

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
4^th 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

Rec^d 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 ........

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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.
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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.