Further progress on signage to the “Maori Pah” site below No 1 Outpost Gallipoli. Great work being done by Gallipoli Historical Site Directorate in installing signs and clearing pathway.

As we prepare for Anzac Day on Chunuk Bair, a respectful reminder on who were the invaders and defenders and who won. Today Turkish school groups on CB with historians explaining its significance and how we were swept off the site by a massive counterattack on 10 Aug 15.

I was at Cape Helles today and was a bit confused trying to access W Beach. Can anyone help?

A while since I stopped at Pink Farm ⁦Commonwealth War Graves⁩. Just listen to the birds

Only a boy - Drummer Joseph Aloysius Townsend of D Company, 1/4th Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment - aged 15 years old. The youngest Allied casualty buried at Gallipoli. His life lost way before he started living it. Skew Bridge @cwgc Cemetery Cape Helles.

Lots of interest in Gallipoli 2023 and numbers increasing every day, probably largest numbers for Anzac Day since the centenary. Slightly older demographic and gender balanced rather than 2/3rds female. Chunuk Bair will be filled to capacity - now we just need good weather

Really impressive work. The grass is looking great after being so brown only a few months ago

Dramatic sunset over the Dardanelles after thunder and heavy rain. It spring alright

Gorgeous morning in Çanakkale ready for a battlefield tour with ⁦NZ Defence Force⁩ Gallipoli contingent

#Gallipoli #Dardanelles #Anzac Shrapnel Valley Cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula. 1915, 1923 and today.

Today was the first rehearsal NZ Anzac Day commemoration Chunuk Bair Gallipoli. Spent a few moments in the Chunuk Bair Cemetery listening to Bryony Williams singing Going Home. Hard not to shed a tear. Will be livestreamed on NZ Defence Force Facebook evening of Anzac Day.

Our staff at working hard to keep the horticulture looking beautiful at Chunuk Bair Cemetery , Gallipoli. RT Burak Gündoğan

Irises at Anzac Commemorative Site Gallipoli now in full bloom as we prepare for Dawn Service in two days

Moving ceremony Maori Pah site at Gallipoli. Really appreciative of the efforts our Turkish friends to make the information board possible and facilitate ceremony. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

Ari Burnu ⁦Commonwealth War Graves⁩ cemetery on the eve of Anzac Day Gallipoli as we wait for the site to be cleared to open.

Close encounter with kererū in Aro Wellington today. Bold and turned to give a better shot. Good camouflage but not the quietest mover

As a past member of the New Zealand Military History Committee (2003, 2007 and 2011 conferences) consider securing for your bookshelf this publication of the papers from the last conference in 2020. For details and how to purchase see 🧵#MilitaryHistory #History

Our thoughts go out to all those who work and live on the Gallipoli Peninsula. They will be so distressed by what has happened. A photo of Canterbury cemetery before and after. For those who have been there Canterbury is at the northern end of the Anzac Commemorative Site