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The Graveyards of Gallipoli; A Digger History Associate Site |
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A Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 |
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Courtney's Post & Steel's Post Cemetery, Anzac |
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| Courtney's Post & Steele's Post Cemetery with the Memorial Cross in the background and one of Ross Bastiaan's "Plaques of Gallipoli" in the foreground. Photo: Eric Goossens. |
| Visiting Information: | Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries department on telephone number 01628 634221. |
| Location Information: | The cemetery lies west of the road along the former front line on MacLaurin's Ridge. |
| Historical Information: | The
eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French
forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the
deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a
supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.
The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. Courtney's Post, towards the northern end of the original Anzac line, was named from Lieut-Colonel R E Courtney, CB, VD, who brought the 14th Australian Infantry Battalion to it on 27 April 1915. Steel's Post was next to it on the south-west and was named from Major T H Steel, 14th Battalion. Both these positions were occupied on 25 April 1915 and held until the evacuation in December. There are 225 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. There are special memorials to 58 casualties believed to be buried among them. 160 of the burials are unidentified. |
| No. of Identified Casualties: | 65 |
