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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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Military Cemeteries Malta |
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shallow on Malta and during both wars, many joint or collective burials
were made as graves had to be cut into the underlying rock.
Most of these graves are marked by recumbent markers on which several inscriptions could be carved, and for the sake of uniformity, the same type of marker was used for single graves. (Single graves appear to have been reserved for Officers). Because we were all "British" there was no attempt made to bury Australians with Australians or Brits with Brits. The photos below show that many men will share eternity with people from another country but who died in the same cause. |
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| Single burial, Malta | Double burial, Malta |
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| Rinella Military Cemetery, Malta. Grave of Major (Maj) P. G. P. Hill of the 1st Battalion, AIF, who died on 9 June 1915, aged 33 years. Maj Hill is now buried in the Malta (Cappucini) Naval Cemetery at Kalkara. (Donor President of Malta) | Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Grave of 878 Private H. McShane of the 2nd Battalion AIF, who died on 1915-07-20, aged 29 years. McShane is buried with a New Zealand soldier, Pte A Larkins Otago Regt. who died on the same day. (Donor President of Malta) |
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| This grave is shared by a Scot (not known), an Australian (306 Tpr A E Holt) and a New Zealander, Private H Bunn. | Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Grave of 331 Private V. R. Jondahl of the 21st Battalion AIF, who died on 1915-11-02, aged 19 years. Jondahl is buried with 2 British Servicemen. (Donor; President of Malta) |
