News ’The hail of bullets was simply awful…’ 25/04/2022 FacebookTwitterEmail Private Ray Baker, a Gympie man, penned a detailed account of his landing on the Gallipolli Peninsula on 25 April, 1915, a day that is infamous in Australian wartime history, to his sweetheart, Vera Johns. Gympie Family History Society A letter to ’Dear Vera’ from Gympie man Ray Baker graphically details the most famous episode in Australia’s wartime history […] Subscribe or Login to see the rest of the content. Username Password Remember Me Forgot Password