Is there an historical event you are connected to?

My grandfather on my mother's side landed at Gallipoli in the early hours of 25th of April 1915 with his brothers (he had three, all were sent to Europe to fight and at least two were there with him, depending on who's telling). Not only did they survive Gallipoli, they survived the entire war. Granddad was also in the Battle of Beersheba in 1917 and was among the men who charged their horses towards the Ottomans.

Some other ancestors of mine on my father's side had shares on Archer, the first winner of the Melbourne Cup.