Lone Pine
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Lone Pine Commemorative Service
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5pm service running for
approximately 1 hour.
Location- Lone Pine Cemetery.
Visitors can register if they intend
to attend at http://www.gallipoli2015.dva.gov
.au/lonepine.htm
5,000 site capacity restrictions
will be enforced.
Visitors are encouraged to
register their itinerary on the
Smartraveller website at
www.smartraveller.gov.au
To locate a particular grave or
name on a memorial to the
missing visit the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission website
at www.cwgc.org prior to
travelling.
For further information visit:
http://www.gallipoli2015.dva.gov
.au/lonepine.htm
Accessing the site
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Visitors are strongly encouraged
to travel with a tour group as
there is no parking on site at the
Lone Pine Cemetery.
There is a one way single lane
road accessing the site. This road
will be closed from 3pm up until
the service has concluded.
The maximum capacity for the
Lone Pine site will be 5,000
people and the Australian
Government or Turkish
authorities may for security
reasons refuse entry to any visitor
if the site is nearing, or has
reached, maximum capacity.
More information
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Information on
commemorationshttp://www.gallipoli2015.dva.go
v.au/lonepine.htm
History on the Battle of Lone
Pinehttp://www.gallipoli.gov.au/brav
ery-awards-at-gallipoli/lonepine.php
Gallipoli Campaign
With the outbreak of the First World
War in 1914, Australia pledged full
support to Britain. In 1915 Australian
and New Zealand soldiers became
involved in a campaign at Gallipoli to
ease Turkish pressure on Britain’s ally
Russia. The campaign was fought on
the Gallipoli peninsula, bordered on
its southern shore by the
Dardanelles, a strategic waterway
that provided the only maritime
access between the Mediterranean
and Russia’s Black Sea ports.
Landing at Anzac Cove
Members of the Australian Imperial
Force (AIF) landed on the Gallipoli
peninsula, about 300km south-west
of Istanbul at what became known as
Anzac Cove, on 25 April 1915 and
established a tenuous hold on the
steep slopes above the beach. During
the early days of the eight-month
campaign, the Allies tried to break
through Turkish lines, while the Turks
tried to drive the Allied troops off the
peninsula. Neither side succeeded.
Some 8,700 Australians lost their
lives and some 18,000 were
wounded during the campaign. The
most successful operation of the
campaign was the evacuation which
ended on 19–20 December 1915.
Lone Pine
In August 1915, a major offensive
was undertaken to try and break out
of the ‘Anzac’ area in conjunction
with attacks at Cape Helles and a
new British landing at Suvla Bay. The
action at Lone Pine which began on 6
August 1915 opened the offensive
and was a diversion to draw
attention from the main assault by
Australians and New Zealanders against
the Sari Bair ranges to the north of Anzac
cove, including the New Zealand assault
on Chunuk Bair.
It was hoped this break-out would allow
the Allied armies, comprising of
Australian, New Zealand, French, Indian
and British troops, to carry out the aim of
the original landings and capture the
Straits of the Dardanelles.
The final and heaviest artillery
bombardment against the Turkish
trenches at Lone Pine in the lead up to
the assault began at 4.30pm. At 5.30pm
the Australian infantry charged, some
from concealed saps close to the Turkish
line. Many of Lone Pine’s defenders were
sheltered in log-covered trenches when
the attack began.
The leading assault waves soon
encountered these covered trenches,
some continued deeper into the Turkish
positions, entering the trenches from the
rear, others tried to remove the logs or
found gaps made by the earlier
bombardment. Vicious hand-to-hand
fighting took place in the dark passage
ways as the Australians drove the Turks
from their trenches.
While the main Turkish trenches were
taken early in the battle, there followed
four days of fierce fighting as the Turks
launched a series of counter-attacks. The
battle resulted in more than 2,000
Australian casualties.
In a measure of the battle’s intensity,
seven Australians were awarded the
Victoria Cross for their part in the Lone
Pine fighting.
For more info contact DVA Media
Email: DVA.media@dva.gov.au
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6289 6203