173 Prime Minister's Department to Mr S. M. Bruce, High Commissioner in London
Cablegram unnumbered 24 April 1940,
Your No. 264. [1] Anzac Day.
General Officer commanding First Australian Corps [2] today sending message in following terms to Marshal Chakmak [3] at Ankara begins:
On occasion of twenty-fifth anniversary of our first meeting Gallipoli all ranks of Australian military forces in Australia and abroad send friendly greetings to Turkish Army and people.
[AA: A981, DEFENCE, 59, i]