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Witness History: Gallipoli

25/04/2012 GMT

Gallipoli

BBC World Service - Witness History, Gallipoli

One New Zealand soldier's account of surviving the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915

One New Zealand soldier's account of surviving the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915.

More than 40,000 men were killed during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915. Among them was a large contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops who became known as the Anzacs. One New Zealander recalled one of the worst battles of World War One in a BBC interview.

PHOTO: Anzac Cove (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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