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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Richard Stannard
Sailor. Born Richard Been Stannard. During the evacuation of Namsos in April to May 1940, his ship, HMT Arab survived thirty-one bombing attacks in five days. On one occasion, he and two of his cre...
Colvyn Hugh Haye, CBE
Colvyn Hugh Haye was born on 7 December 1925 in Tundla, Uttar Pradesh, India, a son of Colvyn Hugh Haye (1895-1969) and Avis Rose Haye née Kelly. He was educated at the Oak Grove School, Jharipa...
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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...
Founding of the state of Victoria in Australia
A small, heavily populated state on the south-east coast of Australia. Â It was officially separated from New South Wales, given a constitution and named Victoria in 1850. Â The enabling legislation ...
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