| The Anzac and Suvla
cemeteries are first signposted from the left hand junction
of the Eceabat - Bigali road. From this junction you should
travel into the main Anzac area. At 12.6kms, you will
encounter a track on the right leading to the cemetery. This
cemetery is on the east side of the Anzac-Suvla road.
No 1 and 2 Outposts were made by
Nelson Company of the Canterbury Infantry Battalion on 30
April, for the burial of some of those killed when the 7th
and 12th Australian Infantry Battalions landed nearby on 25
April. No 2 Post was the scene of heavy fighting at the end
of May and it was one of the starting points for the Battle
of Sari Bair. It contained the best well in Anzac and the
16th Casualty Clearing Station and the New Zealand Dental
Corps clinic were established close by. New Zealand No 2
Outpost Cemetery was named from the burials carried out by
the Nelson Company and is, in fact, one long grave made in
September 1915. |
