His words are inscribed on the memorial to the Allied forces that now stands at Gallipoli.
The Gallipoli invasion was the precipitating event in the Ottoman genocide against its Armenian population.
Today, April 25, is the anniversary of the first day of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.
Yet (and despite the Peter Weir movie "Gallipoli"), it was not an ANZAC show only.
The whole town is most brilliantly lit, the glare of street lamps being a relief after Gallipoli.
The Brigade Major was a tower of strength when on Gallipoli.
The Gallipoli campaign was finely imagined, but disgracefully executed.
The average soldier on Gallipoli broke down after a month or two.
On April 25, landings were effected on the extreme point of the Gallipoli Peninsula.
If Inkermann was "the soldier's battle," Gallipoli was the soldier's campaign.
