FOOTBALL AT GALLIPOLI
A Turkish i commander who fought against the Royal Naval Division in Gjillipoli heard a tribute to the sportsmanship of his troops in London recently. Major-General B. C. Freyberg, V.G., who was presiding at the, Royal Naval Division 4 ssoc mtion reunion at the Union Japk Club, recalled that some inter-battalion football inatebes were played at Gallipoli. He said: “The only ground suitable was within a few hundred yards of the front line and within range and observations, of the Turkish troops. Although wo had an audieiice of many hundreds of men, we were allowed to play the matches.”
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 115, 8 February 1935, Page 17
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102FOOTBALL AT GALLIPOLI Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 115, 8 February 1935, Page 17
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