ANZAC Q&A - How did they communicate at Gallipoli?

Image: Sergeant R. Dean of the 1st Australian Division Signal Company, AIF, in the signal office in the ANZAC area.

Q.   How did they communicate at Gallipoli?
A.   Various forms of communication were used, including field telephones, heliograph, signal flags (semaphore), and runners, men who carried verbal or written messages between points. Naval signal parties, equipped with semaphore flags and signal lamps were located on the beaches to facilitate communications between ships and shore.

This and other trivia questions are included in our best selling Great War Educards

Help pass the Anzac legend to the next generation with our fun educards. These questions and answers were created with the help of noted Australian military historian Graham Wilson.