The latest figures from our colleague Patrick Gariepy, who has been working on the British Commonwealth casualties for more than ten years and who, I believe, has a more accurate count than anybody, are as follows: Others comprise 14 men of the Zion Mule Corps, 11 of the Greek Labour Corps, 3 Guides & Interpreters and 1 man of the Maltese Labour Corps.

Soldiers who had served at Gallipoli were later entitled to wear a brass 'A' (for 'Anzac') on their unit colour patch on the sleeves. This was more highly prized and regarded by many than a medal. They were also entitled to wear a red, white and blue rosette on the sleeve when on leave. See similar questions...

One of the saddest aspects of the history of the Gallipoli campaign is that, in Australia and New Zealand, there is almost never any acknowledgement made that other forces were present at Gallipoli other than the Anzacs, and that, in Britain, most people seem neither to know nor care about the part played by their own soldiers there. See similar questions...

These have not yet been included, though we are aware of quite a number of cases where Australians and New Zealanders, who happened to be in England at the outbreak of war, went as officers to Gallipoli in British units and were killed, and of some cases where soldiers were promoted into the Imperial Army while in Egypt, and were later killed. This is certainly an area where some information may be added at a later date. See similar questions...

Spc. Travis Babbitt died when the Misfits were ambushed and hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire while out on patrol on Nov. 9. Spc. Raymond White was killed when his patrol was attacked by an improvised explosive device (IED), rocket propelled grenades, small-arms fire and mortars from insurgents on Nov. 12. See similar questions...

Early accounts place the number of government troops killed in the assault high. For example, Henderson Yoakum's History of Texas claims 521 were killed outright and a "like number" wounded. Reuben M. Potter, in his brief study of the battle entitled The Fall of the Alamo, identified Yoakum's source as Anselmo Borgara, a Tejano who carried the news of the Alamo's fate to Sam Houston at Gonzales. Potter surmised that the figure 521 actually included all Mexican casualties, killed and wounded. See similar questions...

Yes. There was the Curlewis brothers. 4 landed at Gallipoli on April 25th, 3 with the 16th Bn & 1 with the 12th Bn. Only 1 brother survived. Lt Col Malone of the NZEF, the hero of (and KIA at) Chunuk Bair was at Gallipoli and so were two of of his 4 sons. The other two sons (from a second marriage) were too young to serve at that time. Francis Longworth (1st ALH) and his 3 brothers Archibald (6th ALH), George (6th ALH) and Hugh (6th ALH) were all there during October 1915. See similar questions...

The high number of "unidentified" was a result of there being no opportunity between 1915 and 1919 to preserve the original timber grave markers and the absence of a Graves Registration Unit at Gallipoli in 1915. Also creating a problem was the original non-metal identification disks worn by troops of the British Empire & Commonwealth. They were pressed fibre and over time they simply disappeared. No. Far from it. See similar questions...

We never release email addresses, sorry. It is our policy so as to protect the contacts from huge amounts of SPAM. We do suggest however that if you wish to email with the Soldiers that you send your email address in your letter or package and let the Soldiers contact you. This is really a sad sign of the times, but you can understand that for safety reasons it has to be this way. See similar questions...

It varied over the time they were there but about 400 acres is acceptable as a generalisation. That is about the total area of 2,000 houses in a modern housing estate. The suburb I live in has over 4,000 houses. See similar questions...

No direct relationship with Gallipoli but an indirect one. In 1918 the Anzacs who had joined in 1914 and 1915 had been overseas for over 3 years and in the thick of the worst of the fighting for most of that time. The Australian Government insisted that the longest serving of the soldiers be give 'Home Leave" in Australia. It got named Anzac Leave. See similar questions...

The last New Zealand soldier was Alfred Douglas Dibley, who served as a stretcher-bearer at Gallipoli. Born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 26 June 1896, he died at Rotorua on 18 December 1997, aged 101 years. The last French soldier was Ernest Stocanne. He was born 6 January, 1894, and served on Gallipoli with the 17th Artillery Regiment, French Expediditionary Corps. He died in December 1999, aged 105. See similar questions...

The youngest (Australian) soldier to die at Gallipoli was Private No. 1553, 21st Battalion, James MARTIN. He was 14. He died of enteric fever contracted at Gallipoli, aboard a Hospital ship on 25th October 1915. A book has just been published in Australia on his life. The oldest to die at Gallipoli appears to have been Major Frank Chapman, of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, NZEF. He was killed in action on Rhododendron Ridge, during the assault on Chunuk Bair, 8th August 1915, aged 57. See similar questions...

We have two pick up points for collecting customers. The first is at Lone Pine and the second is at Chunuk Bair. You will need to look out for our staff and meeting point at both these places and make sure you are ready at the time they say. All the coaches from all companies will make their way up to the two pick up points in the order in which they arrived the night before and there is a very short time to get people on the buses. See similar questions...

Almost 8,500 people die every day due to AIDS. AIDS caused 3.1 million deaths in 2004, 510,000 among children under 15. An estimated 32 million people have died from AIDS since the beginning of the pandemic. See similar questions...

The help text for death reveals some your basic options. Up until novice status, player-characters are automatically resurrected. After that, however, you're on your own. It is recommended to use who and scan the list for characters that sound like they are priests, then petitioning them politely for a resurrection or a raise dead rite to be cast upon your corpse. See similar questions...

People with EMS can die of many causes, like anyone - such as being in an auto accident. Some with EMS have died of complications of the disease later on in the chronic phase of the disease, and clearly certain deaths were associated with having EMS, which contributed to the deaths, or caused premature death. In some cases, it is hard to know whether or not EMS has played a role directly or indirectly in cause of death. See similar questions...

For those parents and concerned citizens who don't want to wade through a post filled with a lot of dialogue and detailed info, I think I found a source that simply presents "just the facts". All findings included in this post are referenced and documented in my source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Specific references have been removed here for brevity, but are available by going to the source webpage. See similar questions...

There is a growing misconception in Australia that the term "Digger" applies only to Australians and that New Zealand soldiers are "Kiwis". That might be true in the slang of the Vietnam War because in that war for the first time ever troops from both countries were intermingled in small units. See similar questions...

No. In my 20 years as an Army Sergeant, I can tell you that I don't support this idea one bit. First of all, lists like this are usually bogus. "Soldier, sign your name on this list." See similar questions...