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Tuesday 11th June, 2019. to 20th December 1915, during what
oday we payed homage to the is referred to as The Gallipoli This day was an incredibly moving
Tspirit of the ANZAC’s in Campaign or Battle of Gallipoli. At day. It was a tangible reminder of a
Gallipoli. We visited ANZAC Cove, the end of the war the bodies, still not-so-distant past and a significant
the Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair unburied, were cleared by the Allies event in history that shaped
Memorials, and Johnston’s Jolly on returning to the peninsula. Of the Australia's national identity.
with a specialist Gallipoli guide. 22,000 graves at the 31 war
cemeteries, only 9,000 are identified Later in the afternoon we travelled to
We visited the World War I burials with grave markers. The Canakkale
battlefields, most notable for being remaining graves are commemorated
held by the ANZAC's from 25th April with a special memorial.
ANZAC Cove
