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Sixty eight answered roll call
Mr. Dunn reflects on the human cost of war, referencing his areas of action, and questions the deployment of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment to Gallipoli.
We took their trenches
Mr. Dunn describes his unit’s arrival in the Dardanelles and the many inconveniences and obstacles faced by the troops.
We stored our bread
Mr. Dunn describes some obstacles to good nutrition at Gallipoli.
Frozen hands
Mr. Dunn describes the rapid changes in the Turkish weather, leading to the illness and evacuation of many of his regiment.
I was throwing up blood
Mr. Dunn describes his situation after being wounded; trying to stop his bleeding, being shot at by the Germans, trying and failing to crawl back to his lines through barbed wire, hallucinating about his mother and finally being hit in the chest by a shell fragment.
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