Military history of New Zealand

'Digger' C.A. was just 21 years old when he died on June 12, 1915, according to his tombstone, one of hundreds at the Commonwealth War Cemetery on the eastern Aegean island of Limnos, which represents a very important chapter of modern history, as the flags waving at its entrance testify.

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, accompanied by the Governor General of Australia David Hurley, visited the island of Limnos on Wednesday to attend memorial events to commemorate the fallen of the Gallipoli Campaign, which were held at the Allied Cemetery of Moudros on the island.

Thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to the fallen Australian and New Zealand soldiers on the 108th anniversary of the Çanakkale Land Battles during the traditional dawn ceremony held at Anzac Cove on the historical Gallipoli Peninsula.

Türkiye has marked the anniversary of the Çanakkale Victory and commemorated the soldiers who lost their lives during the battles in Gallipoli Campaign World War I.

Memorial ceremonies, which were attended by senior officials, local authorities, politicians, veterans, non-governmental organizations and citizens, were held in various provinces of the country to mark the occasion.

The Turkish Directorate of Gallipoli Historical Site has opened the ships sunk during naval operations in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I in the western province of Çanakkale for tourism.

Turkey's president on March 17 marked 105th anniversary of Çanakkale Victory and Martyrs' Day and remembered the fallen soldiers who lost their lives during naval and ground battles in Çanakkale (Gallipoli Campaign) during the World War I.

Visitors from Australia and New Zealand on April 25 morning attended a dawn ceremony marking the 104th anniversary of the World War One Battle of Gallipoli at Anzac Cove in the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey's northwestern province of Çanakkale.

Each year thousands of Australians, New Zealanders, British, Indian and French citizens visit Gallipoli to commemorate their ancestors who lost their lives in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. After the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915, the peace and friendship bridge established between Turkey, Australia and New Zealand strengthens.

Turks and Australians in Melbourne gathered to remember the fallen Anzac troops of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 at a memorial service on April 23.

Some 1,300 visitors from Australia and New Zealand will observe a minute's silence amid the graves of their grandfathers in northwestern Turkey to remember the fallen Anzac troops of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 in a dawn service on April 24, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official has said.