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Buttons show the colour patches of the first nine infantry battalions AIF, then first nine light horse regiments when moused over.
The 100th anniversary of that famous landing on Gallipoli by the ANZACs will be commemorated in a special way by The Gallipoli 100 Organisation. The Gallipoli 100 is in fact a surfboat race featuring 100 surfboats manned by Australian, New Zealand lifesavers and hopefully some Turkish crews in Australian surf boats as well.
There were many life savers and future life savers who fought at Gallipoli. However, a number of our pre-war life savers did not return.
This race and the additional programme set to coincide with the cultural activities planned by the Turkish Government will further the friendship between Turkey, Australia and New Zealand whilst enabling those participating to pay their respects to all who lost their lives so many years ago.
Gallipoli images now by John Howells, then from the collection of the New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum.
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