ON GALLIPOLI.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 15 May 1925, Page 5

ON GALLIPOLI.

MEMORIAL TO NEW ZEA-

LANDERS

UNVEILING CEREMONY

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CONSTANTINOPLE, May 13. There was almost ia gala day at the Dardanelles and the Gallipoli Peninsula on the occasion of the-unveiling of the Chanuk Bair memorial to the fallen New Zeajanders, erected on Russell Top. Five hundred pilgrims', including several ex-combatants from everywhere i the. Empire, arrived -by the liner Ormonde. The Turkish authorities granted every facility and the Governors of Gallipoli a-nd Chanak attended the ceremony. A detachment of gendarmerie rendered the honours. Carts throughout the peninsula had been requisitioned to transport the visitor®. It was a stiff climb from the beach, and it was an odd sight to see springless vehicles of all descriptions being drawn by horses, donkeys and bullocks up the narrow trail. A couple of cars, belonging to the War Graves Commission, carried Sir Jaanes Allen (High Commissioner for New Zealand), his daughter, General Sir Alexander Godiey, General Sir Andrew Russell and Lady Godiey. Sir James Allen, in a speech, sympathetically refer reel to the Turks, who recognised the graves as a. sacred trust. 1

Sir Alexander Godiey unveiled the memorial, and in a speech described the fighting during the dark 'days of 1915. .

Sir .Andrew Russell eulogised 't,lio splendid qualities of the New Zealanders and touchingly described the death of Colonel Arthur Bauchop, C.M.G., who, though grievously wounded, responded to Sir Andrew Russell’s effort to cheer him up, with : “This is. the end.” Then-lie paused, and a smile- flickered over his face, and lie .added: “And a jolly good end, too.”

The Rev. Mollineux, chaplain of the forces, read the service, the .‘.‘Last Post” was sounded, and so closed the simple service. Beautiful wreaths were laid on the monument by military and ex-service organisations. Several other cemeteries were visited, notably the, beach cemetery, where Sir Tams Allen, laid a, wreath. . Sir Janies Allen entertained' the Turkish officials at tea. on board the Ormonde. Sir James Allen leaves Oonsitantinople to-morrow.