ALBUM - A.N.Z.A.C. Gallipoli Landing 100th Anniversary Greymouth Cenotaph.1915-2015.

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Description The landing at Gallipoli began in the early hours of 25th April 1915. By 2pm the beach was crowded with wounded and dead troops. 23 year old Richard Allan Gillingham from Bright Street, Cobden stormed the beach at 3pm but was killed by shrapnel 30 minutes later. 100 New Zealanders lay dead by the shoreline during the first day of combat on Anzac Cove. With many fellow kiwis Allan now rests at the lone pine memorial in Turkey.
The Turkish 57th regiment were ordered to advance and hold until reinforcements could arrive: ”I don’t order you to attack, I order you to die” the Commander cried. By the time we are dead other units and commanders will have come to take your place.
At 12pm that night the Anzacs were ordered to dig in and hold on to the little gains that had made. They were told that all they had to do now is dig, dig, dig until you are safe. Extreme weather and primitive living conditions, rain, snow and chilling winds together with inadequate sanitation, disease, unburied bodies and swarms of flies prevailing for the next 8 months of the conflict resulting in 11500 New Zealand and Australian men dead. The allied forces withdrew during December 1915. In all 130,000 men lost their lives at Anzac Cove including 87,000 Turkish soldiers. 100 years later West Coasters have not forgotten.
Date of Photo1915 - 2015Map^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Location (city or town)GreymouthGallipoliOrganisation (eg business)ANZACEvent A.N.Z.A.C. Gallipoli Landing 100th Anniversary Greymouth Cenotaph.1915-2015.

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Richard Poole
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Barbara Levick
What a waste of life that is what war does why can’t Putin see this innocent men women and children lost there is no excuse for this it is just slaughtering and may God take these innocents into his home in heaven AMEN

Yvonne Jean
Barbara Levick He is evil

Barbara Levick
Yvonne Jean yes he is and I can’t understand why a person is like that it really does make one wonder how he was bought up you never no his parents were probably the most loving people and as one says you can’t always blame it on his upbringing

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