Part of the Gallipoli campaign of WW1. Opposed by the Ottoman Turkish defenders, troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. The assault did not go as planned and at least 2,000 men died, on both sides.
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Anzac Cove landing
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Anzac boulder
This sandstone boulder (three quarters of a tonne) is one of 6 removed from a...
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Sir Alexander Russell Downer, KBE
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Lance Corporal Frederick Holmes
Lance Corporal Frederick Holmes, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 26th August 1914. Born 23 Abbey Street. Served in the Army for seven years from 1907. Two weeks after ending his service i...
J. W. Bennett
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Tolpuddle Martyrs
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Leonard Keysor, VC
Soldier. Born Leonard Maurice Keysor (also known as 'Keyzor' or 'Kyezor') in Maida Vale. He emigrated to Australia in 1914, and at the outbreak of war, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. At...

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