Battles - Turkey

Date: 1854

By: Hart, Laurent Joseph, 1810-1860

Reference: Curios-006-015

Description: Obverse shows a bust of Sultan Abdul Medjid Khan surrounded by numerous shields and plaques. The reverse shows a winged Victory, seated, holding a wreath, inscribing a pyramid with the inscription: Victoire. Napoleon. 1854. La Mer Noire et la Danube seront libres. In the background, the dome and minareque; in the foreground, a serpent and an olive tree. Around, La France et l'Angleterre unies pour la defense du droit. Other Titles - Abdul Medjid Khan, Emperor of the Ottomans Other Titles - France and England united for the defence of rights; the Black Sea and the Danube shall be free. God wishes it. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze medal, diameter 74 mm, thickness 10 mm, in black leather case, 88 x 88 x 30 mm.

Date: 1915

By: North-East Valley School (Dunedin, N.Z.); J. Wilkie & Company

Reference: Eph-B-SCHOOLS-NEV-1915-01

Description: Certificate of attendance, sighned by the headmaster O D Flamank, and the chairman of committee D J Calder. At top left is an inset oval head and shoulders portrait of King V flanked by the draped British and New Zealand flags. Below are two scenes, one of the warship "Queen Elizabeth", and the other showing a battle scene on the beach at Gallipoli. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 230 x 304 mm.

Date: 1915

From: Borges, Georges, fl 1915-1971 : Maps of Gallipoli Campaign.[ms map] 1971.

By: Borges, George, active 1898-1971

Reference: MapColl-r388.7hkm/1915/Acc.48748

Description: Manuscript map with topographical features showing the landing sites at Suvla Bay, 6 August 1915 and the British and Turkish front battle lines and trench lines inland from Suvla Bay. The map shows the coast from Azmak Dere to Suvla Bay, including Nibrunesi Point, Lala Baba, the Salt Lake and Suvla Point, northward along the coastline known as the Gulf of Saros to Ejelmer Bay. The locations of Kuchak Anafarta Ova, Kavak Tepe, Tekke Tepe, Anafarta Sagir and Biyuk Anafarta are shown. Relief is shown in contours and spot heights. A list of the demarkation dates and military divisions including British, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, is also recorded. Most of the information written on the map is in French. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, coloured, scale l:10 000, 154 x 109.6 cm.

Date: 1915

From: Borges, Georges, fl 1915-1971 : Maps of Gallipoli Campaign.[ms map] 1971.

By: Borges, George, active 1898-1971

Reference: MapColl-r388.7hkm/1915/Acc.37274

Description: Manuscript map with topographical features that has three maps and one diagram on one sheet, showing the major landing, in three phases, of Australian military infantry at Ari Burnu, 23 April 1915 and the evacuation from land to sea, 20 December 1915, of ANZAC troops from Brighton Beach, Anzac Cove, North Beach and towards Suvla Bay. The landing maps are numbered 2 and 3. Number 1 is the diagram. All show aspects of the landing phase. Number 1 is a diagram of the formation of the principal troop transportation ships and the warships protecting them. Twenty two are named and their location shown. The location of the air observation balloon, Monica, is also shown. Number 2 shows the position of the twenty two, named warships and troop ships and the air observation balloon, off land at Ari Burnu. The British and Turkish front battle lines at 20 December 1915 are identified running from Gaba Tepe to Suvla Bay. The names of battle sites are also shown. Number 3 shows the landing routes taken by the Australian battalions, including the names of their commanding leaders, from the landing craft to the beaches and into the hinterland. Relief shown by contours and spot heights are drawn on this map. Both these maps contain a scale. The third map shows the evacuation, 20 December 1915, from North Beach, Anzac Cove, Brighton Beach and Asmak Dere which is towards Suvla Bay. Battalion names or numbers and their locations are shown in red ink on the land along with valley names, battle areas, enemy troop locations and the British and Turkish front battle lines. The position and names of eleven evacuating ships and unidentified steam boats and cutters are shown relative to the land. The map scale is also provided. All the general information on the three maps and the diagram is written in French. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, coloured, scales vary, 105.8 x 147 cm.

Date: 1915 - 1990

By: Brown, Ion G (Major), 1943?-; New Zealand. Army

Reference: D-001-035

Description: The Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade in close combat with Turkish forces on Chunuk Bair ridge, with the cliffs of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles Straits beyond them. Based on an oil (232 x 116 mm) held in Parliament, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the landing of Anzac troops at Gallipoli. On 8 August, the Anzac forces gained Chunuk Bair ridge, but by the morning of 10 August, a counter-attack by Turkish forces led by Mustafa Kemel, drove the Allies back. Work was commissioned by the New Zealand Defence Department. Reproduction number 200 of 300 copies. This copy had been a presentation copy to Dr Chidgey, the vendor's late husband. Possibly published on Anzac Day (25th April) 1990. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 424 x 800 mm (sight) Provenance: Purchase: Mrs P. M. Chidgey, Lower Hutt, 14 April 1999

Date: 1914-1917

By: Browne, Harry Ernest, 1887-1928; Browne, Ethel May, 1886-1973

Reference: ATL-Group-00964

Description: Comprises papers, and photographs, related to Harry Browne's time in Gallipoli during World War I. Includes photo album, correspondence, a trench diary kept during 1916, Certificates of Merit earned by Browne, and one tape reel. The correspondence in the collection is addressed to his fiance Ethel May Dormer, and contains letters written during Browne's time en route to service, and a written account of the battle at Walkers Ridge, Gallipoli. The collection also contains two transcriptions of the account, and separate written account of Gallipoli, and a reel featuring readings from Browne's diary. Title supplied by Library. Related material located at Library reference MS-Papers-3519. Donor is the grandson of Harry Browne. Quantity: 5 folder(s) including three black and white photographs. 1 album(s) containing 92 black and white photographs. 1 volume(s). 1 5" reel(s).