WHY is it that we never read about how many lives of men of the Merchant Navy were lost at Gallipoli in World War I?
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They were taking the Australian troops ashore, food and fresh water to the troops, and bringing back wounded troops to the hospital ships. And they were waiting on the shores in their boats when the Australian troops were retreating from Gallipoli.
The men of the Merchant Navy carried Australian troops to many countries in World War I, without any stories being told of what they did.
