Rare Look Into a Diary of a Turkish Soldier
Lieutenant Ibrahim Naji's diary avoided military censorship and was uncovered in 2012. While most diary entries from the time are Allied, this is a look into the emotions of a Turkish Soldiers at Gallipoli.
Seyit Ahmet Silay
http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/gallipoli-martyrs-diary-reveals-the-horror-of-war/58042
May 24, 1915- June 21, 1915
Ottoman Soldier's Life on the Front
Lieutenant Ibrahim Naci, 21, from Istanbul, shares what it is like being constantly shot at and living in a trench. This diary entry was dated June 21, 1915 he wrote it right before he passed.
https://www.dailysabah.com/feature/2015/02/09/witnesses-of-war-memoirs-of-ottoman-soldiers-in-wwi
"Allaısmarladık" (Goodbye) by Yeditepe Publishing.
June 21, 1915
Soldier explains how outside of the fighting is the hardest part of Gallipoli
2nd Lieutenant CW Saunders talks about the grueling work that soldiers have to go through that makes fighting at Gallipoli that much worse.
Pugsley, Christopher, and Lockyer, John. The Anzacs at Gallipoli: a Story for Anzac Day. Auckland: Reed, 1999, p224.
http://www.anzacsofgallipoli.com/daily-life-at-gallipoli1.html
Soldiers feelings towards the Combat.
New Zealand Farmer, Alfred Cameron, shares what has happened to his regiment after weeks of front line fighting.
Alexander Turnball Library
https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/it-s-just-hell-here-now
May 1915
Description of the Living Conditions
A soldier goes into detail about the brutal living conditions that New Zealanders were forced to live in. At some places, the space between the beach and the front lines was only 900 meters, causing lots of difficulty transporting supplies.
The Silent Division, By Ormund Burton
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/the-gallipoli-campaign/conditions
Evaluation of the War Front by a War Correspondent
C.E.W. Bean, a War Correspondent for the Australia Gazette, gives the reader a description of the usual day for a soldier fighting during this campaign.
Dispatch, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 2 December 1915, p3058.
http://www.anzacsofgallipoli.com/daily-life-at-gallipoli1.html
Captain D.G. Campbell Diary Entry
Captain Campbell gives us a pretty gruesome depiction of how soldiers are living on the Peninsula
Gammage, Bill. The Broken Years; Australian Soldiers in the Great War. Canberra: Australian National UP, 1974, p89.
http://www.anzacsofgallipoli.com/daily-life-at-gallipoli1.html
Letter from Lieutenant F.H. Semple
Lieutenant Semple talks about clean water, or the lack there of, that soldiers were able to get at Gallipoli.
http://www.anzacsofgallipoli.com/daily-life-at-gallipoli1.html
Gammage, Bill. The Broken Years; Australian Soldiers in the Great War. Canberra: Australian National UP, 1974, p88.
Letter from Colonel Herbert Collett
Colonel Collett of the 28th Battalion talks about the sleeping conditions in the trenches at Gallipoli.
Reid, Richard. Gallipoli 1915. Sydney: ABC for the Australian Broadcasting, 2002, p106.
http://www.anzacsofgallipoli.com/daily-life-at-gallipoli1.html
Letter from Lieutenant J.H.F. Barnes
This letter gives the reader an idea about the daily life of a soldier at Gallipoli. Lieutenant Barnes talks about his tin and the uses for it.
Lieutenant J.H.F. Barnes
http://www.anzacsofgallipoli.com/daily-life-at-gallipoli1.html
The Anzacs of Gallipoli