Gallipoli Campaign

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On 25 April 1915, ANZAC troops landed at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula, to fight the Ottoman Empire. Explore this significant First World War Dardanelles campaign, through maps, diaries, paintings, photographs and memorials. SCIS no. 1816212

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Image: Landing at Gallipoli

Landing at Gallipoli

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story

Gallipoli: The New Zealand story

Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story

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Arrival of the Māori Contingent at Gallipoli

Newspaper article: Feilding Star, 04 September 1915

GALLIPOLI. (Feilding Star, 04 September 1915)

National Library of New Zealand

The Gallipoli campaign

The Gallipoli campaign - The Gallipoli campaign

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: REVEALING GALLIPOLI

Revealing Gallipoli

REVEALING GALLIPOLI

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Image: Landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli

Landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Headquarters Signals at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey

Headquarters for signals at ANZAC Cove

Headquarters Signals at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Wounded Indian soldiers [Gurkhas], Gallipoli, Turkey

Wounded Indian soldiers

Wounded Indian soldiers [Gurkhas], Gallipoli, Turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Interior of Dug-out, Gallipoli, Turkey

Interior of dug-out, Gallipoli

Interior of Dug-out, Gallipoli, Turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Soldiers in a trench, Gallipoli, Turkey

New Zealanders in a trench, Gallipoli

Soldiers in a trench, Gallipoli, Turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The evacuation of Suvla Bay by Geoffrey Allfree

The evacuation of Suvla Bay, Gallipoli

The evacuation of Suvla Bay by Geoffrey Allfree

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: 'The Homecoming from Gallipoli', 15 July 1915 by Walter Armiger Bowring

The Homecoming from Gallipoli

'The Homecoming from Gallipoli', 15 July 1915 by Walter Armiger Bowring

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: 'The spirit of his fathers'

A cartoon of a Māori soldier at Gallipoli attacking two Turkish soldiers.

'The spirit of his fathers'

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Image: The coast north of ANZAC Cove [Gallipoli]

The coast north of Anzac Cove

The coast north of ANZAC Cove [Gallipoli]

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Gallipoli invasion map

Gallipoli invasion map

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: View of Anzac Cove, Turkey

View of Anzac Cove

View of Anzac Cove, Turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

The New Zealanders on Gallipoli

THE NEW ZEALANDERS ON GALLIPOLI. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 17 September 1915)

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Image: Poster, 'ANZAC'

Anzac poster

Poster, 'ANZAC'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: War story: George Bollinger

War story: George Bollinger

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Maori at Gallipoli

Māori at Gallipoli

Maori at Gallipoli

Radio New Zealand

Image: Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Rifle (SMLE) Mk I***

Rifle, short, magazine, Lee-Enfield (SMLE), Mark 1

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Rifle (SMLE) Mk I***

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Letters from the Front (Tuapeka Times 17-11-1915)

Letters from the front (Tuapeka Times 17-11-1915)

Letters from the Front (Tuapeka Times 17-11-1915)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Atatürk Memorial

Atatürk memorial

Atatürk Memorial

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Dug-out shelters, Gallipoli, Turkey

Dug-out shelters

Dug-out shelters, Gallipoli, Turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Troopship and boats, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli

Troopship and boats of soldiers, Gallipoli

Troopship and boats, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Two soldiers standing guard over water tanks, Gallipoli, turkey

Two soldiers guarding water tanks

Two soldiers standing guard over water tanks, Gallipoli, turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937 :Making the feathers fly. Auckland Weekly News, 6 May 1915.

1915 cartoon: Making the feathers fly

Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937 :Making the feathers fly. Auckland Weekly News, 6 May 1915.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: View along trenches, Russell's Top, Gallipoli, Turkey

View in Russell's top trenches

View along trenches, Russell's Top, Gallipoli, Turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Periscope rifle in front line trench, Gallipoli

Periscope rifle, Gallipoli

Periscope rifle in front line trench, Gallipoli

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Wounded soldiers, Gallipoli, Turkey

Wounded soldiers, Gallipoli

Wounded soldiers, Gallipoli, Turkey

Alexander Turnbull Library

First World War: Gallipoli and the war against Turkey

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Gallipoli campaign

Services to Schools

Rewriting Gallipoli

Services to Schools

Image: Anzac

Gallipoli campaign

Anzac

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Remembering Armistice – Soldier's perspective

Remembering Armistice – Soldier's perspective

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage