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Anzac DAY 2008 (Limited rooms available)

A Midnight at anzac cove

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning…we will remember them!
Every year on the 25th April, thousands of people come to Turkey to commemorate the World War I battle of Gallipoli. The battlefields and memorials are visited in the spirit of remembrance, and the tragic waste of young lives which helped shape the future of many countries is re-called. Feel the silence and let that be the horrific reminder of the ultimate sacrifice our forefathers made.IMG_0805.jpg
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Gallipoli Peninsula

Anzacs

At the end of the Great War, the Allies returned to the Gallipoli Peninsula and cleared the battlefields of the bodies still unburied. In the nine months of the campaign more than 36,000 Commonwealth soldiers died and Australia suffered 26 094 casualties. The 31 war cemeteries on the peninsula contain 22,000 graves, but only 9000 of these were able to be identified. Featured is an animated map of Gallipoli showing all of the Australian war grave sites with lists of Australian names for Shrapnel Valley, Ari Burnu, Plugge's Plateau and Beach cemeteries.

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