Evacuation of wounded from Gallipoli

 

This image held at the Australian War Memorial (A02740) shows a flat bottomed barge transporting wounded soldiers from Anzac Cove, 1915, to a hospital ship. We can see a large number of stretcher cases and many of the walking wounded.

After being injured on 25 April, Athol would have been transported to a ship (possibly a hospital ship) on a barge like this. The barges were towed out to the ships by naval launches and steam boats. Note how exposed the men were to the enemy's continual shelling and musketry and also the elements.