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Walker's Ridge Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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Amongst the graves is that of 23-year-old Trooper Harold Rush of the 10th Australian Light Horse regiment. Rush was in the third wave of troops to charge Turkish trenches at the
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It was constructed on a spur which was named by the occupying troops after the headquarters of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, under the command of
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on 7 August 1915. Seeing that previous two waves had been slaughtered, just before his wave attacked he turned to a fellow soldier and said "Goodbye
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Harold Rush's grave marker in Walker's Ridge Cemetery
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
40°14′30″N 26°17′17″E / 40.24169°N 26.28818°E / 40.24169; 26.28818
Allied Powers
New Zealand
Australia
United Kingdom
World War I
Battlefields 14–18
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Suvla Bay
Turkey
Battle of Gallipoli
Brigadier-General Harold Walker

battle of the Nek
Cobber
Cemetery details
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
"Walker's Ridge Cemetery"
"RUSH, Harold"
Walker's Ridge Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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