ANZAC Q&A - What happened to men who committed crimes at Gallipoli?

Q.   What happened to men who committed crimes at Gallipoli?

A.   Soldiers who committed offences were tried under military law, facing either their company commander or unit commander, depending on the nature or severity of the offence, or a court-martial for the most serious offences (e.g. desertion, striking an officer, etc.). Depending on the level of the court, a soldier could receive a wide range of sentences, ranging from an admonishment’ all the way up to penal servitude. If a soldier was sentenced to detention, imprisonment (with or without hard labour) or penal servitude and his sentence was not suspended he would be evacuated to Egypt to carry out his sentence in one of the military detention facilities there.

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