Summary

  • Events mark 100 years since the bloody WW1 Gallipoli campaign

  • Allied forces were locked in an eight-month stalemate with Ottoman troops before pulling out in January 1916

  • It was the first campaign leading to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during the war

  • Dawn service held on Gallipoli peninsula attended by Australian and NZ prime ministers, Prince Charles and Prince Harry

  • The Queen, Prince William and party leaders attend Cenotaph ceremony in London before service at Westminster Abbey

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