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The Nek Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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36: 183:, at which time the ground was still covered with the remains of Australian 8th and 10th Light Horse troopers killed in the battle four years previously. It is likely that they form the majority of the unknown graves in the cemetery. The cemetery has the graves of only five identified soldiers and special memorials to another five known to be buried there. 256: 61: 231: 161: 27: 107: 180: 200: 149: 250: 227: 241: 179:
The cemetery was constructed following the Armistice in 1919 on the site of the
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Gallipoli
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The Nek Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

40°14′33″N 26°17′24″E / 40.24250°N 26.29000°E / 40.24250; 26.29000
Allied Powers
Australia
New Zealand
World War I
Battlefields 14-18
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Suvla Bay
Gallipoli Peninsula
Turkey
Battle of the Nek
"The Nek Cemetery"
Cemetery details
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Nek Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Find a Grave
Category
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Gallipoli

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