Moving Letters from an Anzac Dugout, by General Sir John Monash | 30 May - 27 June 1915 | Episode 73
Published on 30 May 1915
Of General Sir John Monash, Captain Liddell Hart, the well-known military critic, wrote, "he probably had the greatest capacity for command in modern war among all who held command."
A citizen soldier, by profession a civil engineer, General Monash commanded the 4th Australian Infantry Brigade in Gallipoli, and the following extracts from letters written to his wife and daughter, while on the Peninsula, bear witness to his deep admiration for the sterling qualities of his troops.
He was later in command of the Australian Corps in France.
After the war he returned to Australia and resumed his work as an engineer until his death in 1931.