Gallipoli Courtney's and Steele's Post Cemetery
Courtney's and Steele's posts occupied precarious but critical positions along the lip of Monash Valley, in the heights above ANZAC Cove. Courtney's Post was named after Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Courtney of the 14th Australian Infantry Battalion who took command on 27 April. Steele's Post was named after Major Thomas Steele. From these two positions, several tunnels were pushed out towards the Turkish trenches opposite, and some of these were used in a disastrous attack on German Officer's Trench in the small hours of 7 August 1915. Both posts were initially occupied on 25 April 1915 and held until the final evacuation of the Anzac sector in December 1915.
History:
The Courtney's and Steele's Post Cemetery is a CWGC cemetery near ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. It contains the graves of some of the former British Empire troops who died during the Gallipoli Campaign. After the war, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission created Courtney and Steele’s Post Cemetery in the area of these old Anzac positions. Here lie the remains of 225 servicemen, 160 of whom are unidentified. There are six identified Australian burials in Courtney’s and Steele's Post and fifty-eight Special Memorials to others believed to be buried here.
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Gallipoli Courtney's and Steele's Post Cemetery |
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