On 1 January 1915 at Broken Hill, two men, Mullah Abdullah (c.1855-1915), a camel-driver and Islamic priest in the company of Gool Badsha Mahomed (c.1875-1915), camel-driver, soldier and labourer decided upon a suicide mission with the intent of killing as many people as possible until they too died.
The first victims of this spree were killed or wounded in the town itself. Then the two men set themselves up in a position to fire upon a 40 wagon picnic train filled with 1200 passengers that was slowly passing by. This resulted in more casualties. Finally the two men were engaged and shot dead. At the end of the day, 4 people were killed and 7 wounded.
This album consists of a collection of various photographs obtained from newspapers and other sources with the aim of placing these disparate items in one place.
Those men from the 82nd Infantry Regiment who took part in the battle were:
Lieutenant Anderson
Private Anderson
Private Arthur
Private Ashwood
Private Battle
Private Bevan
Private M Bevan
Sergeant Bishop
Private Bradley
Private Braithwaite
Private Campbell
Private Chenhall
Private Collicot
Corporal Comley
Private Curnow
Lance-Corporal Davies
Private Day
Private Dowd
Private Gibson
Private Hanley
Lance-Corporal Harris
Private Hayes
Private Hoare
Corporal Jefferys
Private Jones
Private Kenworthy
Private Lean
Sergeant Main
Corporal Matthew
Lieutenant J M'Carthy
Private M'Leeney
Private Murray
Sergeant Nettle
Private Partington
Sergeant Petney
Sergeant Price
Private Purcell
Sergeant Reid
Lieutenant Resch
Private Richards
Lance-Corporal Riley
Corporal Roland
Private Shelley
Lieutenant Shepherd
Private Shore
Color-Sergeant Tester
Private Wallace
Private Wickham
Color-Sergeant Williams