Today is ANZAC day here in New Zealand when we commemorate the sacrifice among the Austrailian and New Zealand Army Corps in the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.
I don't have a direct connection to the ANZACs because I am not a New Zealander - I was born in Canada and both my parents are English born. But I do have a Gallipoli connection.
My great uncle, George Strachan, was a gunner in the Ross & Cromarty Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, 4th (Highland) Mountain Brigade, attached to 26th Division. He died of wounds at Gallipoli on 5 June, 1915 and is buried in Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles, Turkey. He was 27 year old.
The only records I have of him are the entry in the cemetery record book above and the brass medallion below that was issued to his family in 1916.
The personalized medal is a nice touch of remembrance.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, I agree that it is something unusual. It was found amongst my father's effects some 18 years ago with just a brief description of what it was. I have had it on display in my study ever since.
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