Gallipoli Plugge's Plateau

Gallipoli Plugge's Plateau Cemetery

Gallipoli Plugge's Plateu

The Turkish name for Plugge's Plateau is Hain Tepe (Traitor Hill) because of the effect of the battery placed there. The position was a small triangular plateau on top of a very steep hill, 100 metres above sea level. The narrow plateau is a triangle, 200 m wide on the northern side. The plateau was used as a battery position, a reservoir and a position on the ‘Inner Line’ of defences. Plugge’s Plateau (pronounced ‘Pluggy’s’) was reached and captured by the Australian troops within half an hour of the Anzac landings at Ari Burnu at dawn on 25 April 1915. It was later named for Colonel Arthur Plugge, commander of the New Zealand Auckland Battalion, who established his headquarters there.

Plugge's Plateau Cemetery is on the north-west corner of the Plateau.The pathway leading to the cemetery is approximately 750 metres from the main road, up a very steep track.The cemetery contains 21 First World War burials, 17 identified graves and four unidentified.

History:

The cemetery, designed by Sir John Burnet, principal architect of the CWGC cemeteries and memorials on the peninsula, is under the control of the CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission). It was registered as a cultural heritage site by the Turkish Ministry of Culture on 14 November, 1980.

Gallipoli Plugges Plateau