Letter: Anzacs

Sir: Not too many Australians know, or want to know, that 35 per cent of the original Anzacs at Gallipoli were British-born (Historical Notes, 31 March).

Gallipoli having taken place only a couple of generations or so after the settlement of Australia started in earnest, few can think otherwise than that a large proportion of Australians were then overseas-born.

The significant point here is not that Australians at Gallipoli were British-born but that they seem to have regarded themselves as Australians as soon after their emigration as they could.

TERRY WRIGHT

Bosham, West Sussex