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1 Book Extract: Watson’s Pier Joshua Funder , 2015 single work extract
— Appears in: Daily Review , 23 April 2015; 'The Gallipoli landing remains controversial. Australian soldier and signalman, Lieutenant Stanley Watson, one of the first ashore at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915 believed the Anzacs landed at the wrong place and he believed it still when he revisited Anzac Cove 60 years later. The following extract from Watson’s Pier by his great- grandson, Melbourne writer Joshua Funder,...'
1 Great Escape Joshua Funder , 2015 extract biography (Watson's Pier)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 28-29 March 2015; (p. 28-29)
1 1 y separately published work icon Watson's Pier Joshua Funder , Carlton : Melbourne University Publishing , 2015 8404236 2015 single work novel war literature

'Stan Watson was among the first ashore at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and survived battle, fear and disease to build the pier at Anzac Cove from which so many men later escaped. He faced what seemed like an impossible mission: to get every man out alive. Watson never claimed to be the last man to leave Gallipoli, but through to the very end he played his part and became a hero.

'Sixty-two years to the day after he stepped away from that fatal shore, Watson took a slow train to visit his family for Christmas and decided to finally tell his life story.

'A beautifully told mixture of fact and fiction, Watson's Pier traces not just one man's journey, but the history of a nation. It also challenges the historical record of what happened in the final moments at Anzac Cove. In doing so, it offers a new perspective on the meaning of Gallipoli.'
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