About: Beach Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery   Sponge Permalink

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Beach Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli. It is located at Hell Spit, at the southern end of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The first graves were dug on the day of the landing 25 April 1915 and it continued to be used almost until the evacuation of the Anzac area on 20 December.

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  • Beach Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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  • Beach Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli. It is located at Hell Spit, at the southern end of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The first graves were dug on the day of the landing 25 April 1915 and it continued to be used almost until the evacuation of the Anzac area on 20 December.
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Name
  • Beach
Caption
  • Beach Cemetery. John Simpson Kirkpatrick's headstone is on the right in the foreground
Body
by war
  • World War I: 391
use dates
  • Aug - Dec 1915
Total
  • 391(xsd:integer)
Established
  • 1915(xsd:integer)
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by country
  • Allied Powers: *Unknowns: 21 *Australia: 285 *United Kingdom: 50 *New Zealand: 21 *Ceylon : 3
abstract
  • Beach Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli. It is located at Hell Spit, at the southern end of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The first graves were dug on the day of the landing 25 April 1915 and it continued to be used almost until the evacuation of the Anzac area on 20 December. The majority of the graves, 285, are from the Australian Imperial Force, including that of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick and three New Zealanders. It also contains 21 troops from the New Zealand army, 49 British personnel and three from the 80-strong Ceylon Tea Planters’ contingent. The tea planters were used as the Anzac commander, General William Birdwood's bodyguard. There are also 21 graves whose occupants are unknown.
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