GILBERT PATRICK HOSKINS (20TH CENTURY) - Brighton Be

GILBERT PATRICK HOSKINS (20TH CENTURY) - Brighton Beach, Gallipoli, 1915. 14.5 x 17.5 cm. Watercolour and ink. Signed lower right: Gil P. Hoskins. This rare eye-witness view captures the events of 22 and 23 May 1915 as seen from Gallipoli Beach looking south towards Brighton Beach. Gilbert Patrick Hoskins joined the Australian 9th Infantry Battalion on 21 August 1914. He is described on his military papers as a theatrical manager, aged 36 years and ten months of age at the time of enlisting, with a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. Hoskins was wounded at Gallipoli on 18 September 1915 after which he was taken to the hospital ship "Somali" anchored in Malta. As a result of his injuries, Hoskins was invalided to Australia, April 1916. Hoskins detail in this watercolour is amazing. On the left he details: Wine Glass Tree, Reference Point Tree, Achibaba Olive Grove, Brown Trench Red House, Twin Trenches, Y Trench, Kaba Tepe Trench, Port Kapa Tepe, Gurka Bluff. On the right he details: HMS Albion Ashore, Engaging Olive Grove, Worships and Transports 29th Division, HMS Canapus Towing Albion off Cape Hellas, HMS Doris, Tender Standing By, HMS London