May
27th 1915
Night attack by the British destroyer HMS Rattlesnake and men of the
9th Battalion (Queensland) under Lieutenant M Wilder-Neligen on a Turkish
trench near the beach at Gaba Tepe. The purpose of this, and subsequent
attacks, was to make the enemy think that a major offensive would be
launched from the southern positions of Anzac.The Turks attacked and
broke into Quinn's Post after exploding a mine close to the Australian
front line. After heavy fighting the enemy were driven out and the position
restored. During the fighting Major Hugh Quinn, 15th Battalion (Queensland,
Tasmania), of Charters Towers and Townsville, Queensland, after whom
the post was named, was killed.