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Gallipoli Memorials |
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Ari Burnu memorial, Gallipoli |
| Text: Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives .... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehemets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well. ATATÜRK, 1934 ( Mustafa Kemel) |
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Chunuk Bair and the Ataturk Memorial (Gallipoli).
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Text reads: 'In Honour of the Soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8th August 1915. From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth'. |
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Memorial to a Turkish Soldier (Gallipoli). The plaque tells the story of a Turkish soldier who held up a white flag of peace during the battle for Chunuk Bair on 25 April 1915 in order that he could help a wounded British soldier. Written by First Lieutenant Casey (later to become Australian Governor-General).
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This is the main Australian memorial at Gallipoli, which commemorates 3,268 Australian and 456 New Zealand soldiers who have no known graves, and the 960 Australian and 252 New Zealand soldiers who were buried at sea. This memorial is unique as its location is situated on top of the Turkish trenches that were taken by the Australians during the battle of Lone Pine. The Lone Pine cemetery joins the Lone Pine Memorial, and contains graves of soldiers who gave their lives over the entire Gallipoli campaign, from the beach landing on the 25th April, 1915 to the days before the successful evacuation, on the 20th December of the same year. Due to the nature of the fighting that took place in and over the trenches at Gallipoli i.e. machine guns, bayonets and crude grenades, it is not surprising that over 500 of the graves within this cemetery are unidentified. Photo & text from Mackay North High School site |
