article_snippet.sent: more than 1700 casualties evacuated in first 24 hours .
article_snippet.sent: 15 - Major General WT Bridge, commander of the Australian 1st Division is mortally wounded, later dies on May 18, 1915.
article_snippet.sent: 19 - Australian legend John Simpson Kirkpatrick, famed for rescuing fallen troops with his donkey, is killed .
article_snippet.sent: 24 - Armistice declared for nine hours to bury dead soldiers in no man's land .
article_snippet.sent: War Horatio Kitchener recommends evacuation of Anzac Cove and Suvla .
article_snippet.sent: 9-18 - More than 16,000 troops evacuated from Anzac Cove mostly at night .
article_snippet.sent: 18-20 - Remaining 20,000 Australia and New Zealand soldiers withdrawn .
article_snippet.sent: 20 - Evacuation of Anzac Cove and Suvla completed before dawn.
article_snippet.sent: Victor who was 20 years old at the time was injured in battle and hospitalised in London before Victor Sydney Dowsett release .
article_snippet.sent: Ey was discharged on the December 15th 1919 at the age of 26 due to the cessation of hostilities.