 They then undertook a further two months of training in Egypt before an urgent request for reinforcements led to them being dispatched to Gallipoli where they landed on 12 September . Attached to the 7th Brigade , along with the 25th , 26th and 28th Battalions , they reinforced the battle @-@ worn New Zealand and Australian Division and took up a defensive position on Cheshire Ridge . Throughout October they defended the ridge , during which time they suffered five killed and 29 wounded , before being relieved by New Zealanders in early November . After this they moved to new positions in Mule Gulley where they undertook further defensive operations alongside the 26th Battalion . Losses during this time amounted to two killed and eight wounded . In December , they took over from the 28th Battalion around Happy Valley , before the decision was made to evacuate the Allied forces from the peninsula . On 12 December 1915 , the battalion embarked upon the Osmaliegh , bound for Lemnos Island . 
