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200:(Treacherous Hill) because of the effect of the artillery battery located on it. The cemetery is located on the North-West corner, and of the identified remains 12 are troops killed on the day of the landing and the rest are from nearby field artillery positions.
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and was captured on 25 April 1915 shortly after the landing, by the 11th
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cemetery on the
Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. It contains some of soldiers killed during
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Plugge's
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The plateau was later named by the invading troops after 37-year-old
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Plugge's
Plateau Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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commanding officer of the
Auckland Infantry Battalion of the
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Commonwealth War Graves
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45:Used for those deceased April–May 1915
16:WWI CWGC cemetery in Gallipoli, Turkey
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186:Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Plugge
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221:"Plugge's Plateau Cemetery"
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244:"Arthur Plugge Watkins"
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301:40.23750°N 26.28028°E
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