On 20 December 1915, the last Australian and New Zealand troops left Gallipoli. The campaign failed. The evacuation did not. Across three phases, 80,000 men were withdrawn with almost no casualties. The enemy was deceived by simple ingenuity, including the drip rifle, firing into the night while the boats slipped away. Company Quartermaster Sergeant Alfred Leslie Guppy understood the cost of that success. Born in Benalla in 1888, a sniper and scout, awarded the Médaille Militaire, later a POW at

ANZACS: The Australians & New Zealanders at Gallipoli, 1915 | War History Online