Word: gallishaw
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Although a comparatively small audience was present at the lecture, Mr. Gallishaw's words were followed with great interest. After the formal lecture, he remained to answer questions from the floor...
...failure of an officer to advance his troops upon command, because he had read in some military text book that forces should never be advanced into territory where the water supply is doubtful-such was the deciding factor in the defeat of the Gallipoli expedition", stated Mr. John Gallishaw '16 last night at the Union in a lecture on the campaign...
...Gallishaw, having gone through the Gallipoli campaign as a member of the Newfoundland Regiment, described the hardships of the expedition from first hand experience. "Ypres, considered the worst sector on the Western front, I later learned was a Paradise compared to Gallipoli. In the latter place we were handicapped by the adobe soil, in which only shallow ditches could be dug for shelter. These and our pith helmets were hardly protection against snipers and shrapnel...
...Gallishaw, a Canadian by birth, was a student at the University in 1914. When the war broke out, he joined the Newfoundland Regiment, which was sent to England. The Regiment was then sent to Gallipoli. After the British attack, there were, out of the entire regiment, only 150 survivors...
...Gallishaw is now studying at the University to become a writer. Already he has had a book published, "Trenching at Gallipoli" which is recognized as an authority on that disastrous campaign, one of the greatest blunders of the past war. Consequently, Mr. Gallishaw's intimate knowledge of the campaign should make his lecture doubly interesting...