New Zealand National Memorial
This memorial commemorates the Wellington Battalion that took the Chanuk Bair on 8 August 1915. It defended the summit untill the night of 10 August, when it was relieved by British troops. Only tens of soldiers remained out of 760.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Dennis Jarves
Nearby
Museum
- Büyükanafarta War Museum - Buyukanafarta
- Battle of Gallipoli Museum & Information Centre - Kocadere
- Turkish Red Crescent Ağadere Museum - Eceabat
Point of interest
Monument
- Atatürk Memorial - Çanakkale
- Memorial Battle of Chunuk Bair - Çanakkale
- Symbolic War Cemetery 57th Infantry Regiment - Çanakkale
Cemetery
- Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial - Çanakkale
- Chunuk Bair Commonwealth War Cemetery - Çanakkale
- The Farm Commonwealth War Cemetery - Büyükanafarta
Fortification
- Turkish Trenches Chunuk Bair - Canakkale
- Turkish Trenches Chunuk Bair - Canakkale
- Tunnel Gallipoli - Çanakkale
Ship wreck
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