This memorial to Captain Alfred Shout VC MC was unveiled in Sydney just days before the final evacuation of the Anzac area, Gallipoli, on the night of 19-20 December 1915. An interesting feature is the reference to Shout having been awarded his Military Cross at 'Gaba Tepe'. In much early reporting of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli in Australia the area was referred to as 'Gaba Tepe'. This is the peninsula coming out from the Gallipoli coast a couple of kilometres south of the area eventually held by the Anzacs. Throughout the campaign it remained firmly in Turkish hands. Those responsible for the wording of this plaque, however, would have been in no doubt that what they were referring to was Shout's gallantry during the battle of the Landing, 25 April-3 May 1915. Shout was awarded his MC for his outstanding leadership during strong Turkish counter-attacks on 27 April. Although wounded in this action he was heard to say: I am here with you boys to the finish. [Shout, quoted in Stephen Snelling, VCs of the First World War: Gallipoli, Stroud, 1995, p.179]