The Australianicon and New Zealand Army Corps - ANZAC - landed at ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli peninsular at dawn on 25 April 1915. Britishicon and Frenchicon troops landed elsewhere on the peninsular.

There were more than 100,000 Allied casualties at Gallipoli. Of this, Australia suffered 26,000 casualties including 8,709 fatalities and New Zealand 7,500 casualties including 2,721 fatalities (or one quarter of New Zealanders who landed at Gallipoli). In defence of their homeland it is estimated that the Turks suffered as many as 250,000 casualties including 87,000 dead.

For the SMLE Board, the NZ troops arrived equipped with Long Lees, soon replaced by battlefield pickups.

The commemoration of the landings is a National day in Australia and New Zealand. I attended the Dawn Service in Wanganui, a small town of 45 000. A very good turnout with many young people in attendance.

At the Going Down of the Sun, and in the Morning, We will remember Them.
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