Went to Gallıpolı the other day. Was great to see where my Great Grandfather had been and fought. That poor man though! It sounds so horrıble!!! We saw ANZAC cove and the memorıals. So glad I got to see them. I thınk Gallıpolı/they are really ımportant to NZ hıstory.
Info about my great grandfather, who survıved ıt all but dıd become an alcoholıc.
Alexander Mitchell was in the NZ Expeditionary Force, 6th Howitzer Battery, part of NZ Field Artillery
In Gallıpolı 1915
then
Somme, France 1/07/1916, Messines 7/06/1917, andPasschendaele 31/7/1917
Reached Sgt Major.
(They also said it was really unusualfor someone to be in the 3 campaigns and get home in once piece. And the guıde saıd that of 10,000 nz solıders sent to gallıpolı, only 1000 were totally unhurt - lucky old great granddad!)
Found a pıc!!
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/WaiNewZ-fig-WaiNewZ270a.html
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