2015 20c ANZAC Centenary War Correspondents Legacy/Newscorp Issue Unc Coin in Card

2015 20c ANZAC Centenary WWI War Correspondents Legacy Issue Unc Coin in RAM CardThe role of reporters and photographers reporting from the front line was a contentious issue in the early days of World War One with governments and military authorities deeply wary of allowing news from the frontline to be told.Eventually, despite censorship and the dangers of being near frontlines, war correspondents were able to tell the world the story of the horror and triumph of World War One.Two Australian war correspondents, Charles Bean and Keith Murdoch, had an enormous impact on how the story of World War One was told through Australian eyes.Charles Bean became Australia’s first official war correspondent and while he landed on Gallipoli a few hours after the dawn attack on April 25, 1915, his reporting was restricted by official censorship.Keith Murdoch, who had narrowly lost out to Bean for the role of official correspondent, later visited Gallipoli with private instructions to report back to his friend, the Australian Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher, on what was really happening in the war zone.With the help of Bean and British reporter Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Murdoch learned the true extent of the Gallipoli disaster and despite the intervention of military police determined to stop him, was able to raise the alarm with English and Australian authorities.The uncensored truth told by the correspondents led directly to the abandonment of the Gallipoli campaign.Housed in an Official Royal Australian Mint presentation coloured card.Denomination :       20cQuality :                 UncirculatedMetal :                   Cupro NickelWeight :                 11.30 gramsDiameter :              28.52 mmMintage :                TBACertificate of Authenticity : Royal Australian Mint Commemorative PackagingAdvertising Date :   3rd April 2015Release Date :        3rd April 2015