WHO WERE THE SOLDIERS AT GALLIPOLI?. |
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Anzac Cove, the Australian and New Zealand Army
Corps initially comprised:
1st Australian Division consisting of:
" 1st Brigade (NSW)
" 2nd Brigade (Victoria)
" 3rd Brigade (Composite Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania)
New Zealand & Australian Division consisting of:
" New Zealand Infantry Brigade
" 4th Australian Infantry Brigade (Composite all states)
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Along the length of the Gallipoli Peninsular, the 5th, 7th, 9th and 19th Turkish Infantry Divisions were positioned; around and south of Kum Kale, the 3rd and 11th Turkish Infantry Divisions were in place, in all a total of some 62,000 troops, all aware of an impending Allied attack after an Anglo-French fleet on 18 March 1915 attempted unsuccessfully to force passage through the Dardanelles.
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