RUNNER-UP — AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Consider what values and characteristics demonstrated by the ANZACs at Gallipoli and later reinforced at the Western Front, continue to influence Australians today. Through their sacrifice the ANZAC warriors of the First World War, planted the seed of beginnings for the nation of Australia. It was their spirit, their mateship, their courage and their humour that turned Australia from a nation of immigrants, to one in its own right. The Battle of Gallipoli and later the Western Front Campaign proved very much a baptism of fire for the young ANZACs, a battle that was virtually impossible. But through their spirit our nation had gained much more than a single military victory could give us. The ANZAC legends had laid the foundations for the nation of Australia with their traits which continue in Australian society today. “We Will Make a Name for Ourselves and Australia Tomorrow Mac.”1 – Alfred Shout The night preceding the Battle of Lone Pine, Captain Alfred Shout sat in the trenches, unaware of what card fate would deal him the following day. He certainly did make a name for himself, but far more importantly he made a name for Australia. As Gallipolis’s most decorated War Hero, Shout can as much as anyone be attributed with creating the image of the courageous ANZAC. Two days after the tragic battle of Lone Pine, Turkish troops forcefully counter-attacked. At one section, later known as Sasse’s Sap, Captain Cecil Sasse, Shout and eight volunteers, began to push forward, Sasse shooting, Shout bombing and the volunteers creating safety barriers at each newly claimed area. Shout in one last push lit three bombs, and rushed forward at the mercy of the Turkish gunfire. Two were released; however the final blew in his hand, the injury that would kill him. For his efforts he was awarded Australia’s highest recognition of bravery, The Victoria Cross. “A man crawled out of our shallow trench … worked his way snake-wise until he got to the wounded man. Clumsily turning the man over he shouted, "How's she going, 1 Macqueen, Cpl. 16 Nov. 200