ON GALLIPOLI.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15593, 9 August 1921, Page 8

ON GALLIPOLI.

CELEBRATION OF AXZAC DAY AN IMPRESSIVE SERVICE.

The service held on Anzac Beach, Ga! lipoli Peninsula, on Anzac Day ol this .year, is described in a report that has reached the Government from Lieut,Colonel C.'E. Hughes, the-'representative on Gallipoli of the Imperial War Grave, lumrriissioii. The. weal her bad been very bad for some time, and the roads had become impassable for motor (frallie, but ill spite oi' (ho- adverse conditions the. personnel of the War Graves Commission, with representatives of the Vrmy and-Navy from Chanuk, sot out on loot from Kelia, across the waterlogged country to Anzac Beach.

"At about noon," writes.- Colonel Hughes, "when Hie small party had ■■cached the cemetery at the summit ol Lone Pine, the mist lifted, the sun penetrated through the- clouds, and there, far below" us, lay the still waters of the .Augean, with tlio islands of Imbros and Sumothrace, resting peacefully on its bosom. . . . Jt. was hard to realise that only six short years earlier these same .-lopes were the scene of unparalleled

valor and self-sacrifice, in which the (lower of Australia. Now Zealand, and the Mother Country foil for the groat cause. But as we progressed, many tiny cemeteries bore silent testimony to the ever-glorious dead. "Descending "-through Victoria Gully <iii to the beach, we found a party from 11.M.5. Bryony already ashore. The ship, with General Sir.Ayhnor Fluntct- . Weston on board, had steamed round the peninsula early in the morning, depositing wreaths oil the various landings. A largo concrete• slab, once part of the wall for the protection of the wafer tanks,'was djapod with the Union •lack, ami the Australian and New Zealand flags to serve ;w an .altar. and around' this stood the officers and men o!S the Navy and Army, together .with several. English and Australian ladies. Immediately prior to-lhe commencement of Iho service a small profession was observed making" its way-towards us. It was .headed by two little'children hearing Greek, Australian, and British tings. • The Greek priest was,with this proeesIsioii, and he joined the concourse round the altar." I i Colonel Hughes adds.that the service was impressive, and.wiis followed by a' memorable address from General Hun-for-Weston, who had commanded the famous 2'Jth Division. The, general paid ( , a very Warm tribute to the men vbo bad, ! fought and died on Gallinoli. Then the "Lust Post" was sounded by binders from the Decani Infantry, stationed at Chanuk.