Memorial: | HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey |
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: |
Panel 158 to 170 |
Location: | The Helles Memorial stands
on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form
of an obelisk over 30 metres high that can be seen by
ships passing through the Dardanelles. The memorial bears
over 20,000 names and is both the memorial to the
Gallipoli campaign and to men who fell in that campaign
and whose graves are unknown or who were lost or buried
at sea in Gallipoli waters (other than Australian and New
Zealanders who are named on other memorials). Also
inscribed on the memorial are the names of all the ships
that took part in the campaign and the titles of the army
formations and units which served on the Peninsula. |
Historical Information: | The Helles Memorial bears over 20,000 names and is both the memorial to the Gallipoli campaign and to men who fell in that campaign and whose graves are unknown or who were lost or buried at sea in Gallipoli waters (other than Australian and New Zealanders who are named on other memorials). Inscribed on it are the names of all the ships that took part in the campaign and the titles of the army formations and units which served on the Peninsula. |