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Hill 60 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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47: 310: 185:, some of whose participating soldiers are buried at this cemetery, was an eight-month campaign fought by Commonwealth and French forces against Turkish forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front (France/Belgium) and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. 219:
The cemetery also contains one of four memorials commemorating New Zealand troops who do not have known graves, the Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, and contains the names of 183 New Zealand soldiers killed during the battle. The cemetery also contains the identified graves of 13 New Zealanders (one
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The cemetery, on the site of some of the trenches fought over during the battle, was used following the battle and extensively enlarged after the Armistice from remains found on the surrounding battlefield and from 42 graves moved in from Norfolk Trench Cemetery. 712 of the graves are unidentified,
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Hill 60 was a low Turkish occupied knoll 60 metres above sea level at the northern end of the Sari Bair range which nevertheless dominated the Allied positions near Suvla bay. It was the location of the
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to the North of the existing Allied positions on 6 August. However indecision and confusion led delays allowing the Turkish defenders to reinforce their positions, resulting in a stalemate.
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The main landings were in April 1915, but failure to make any progress led to a further landing at
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but special memorials commemorate 34 casualties thought to be amongst them.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Gallipoli
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at the Northern end of the former Anzac sector of the
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Hill 60 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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battles at Gallipoli
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Battle of Hill 60
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