| Accession Number | P03600.006 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Ekins, Ashley |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Date made | c 2000 |
| Conflict |
Period 2000-2009 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Shell Green cemetery, located on the western slopes of Bolton's Ridge near Artillery Road (the ...
Description
Shell Green cemetery, located on the western slopes of Bolton's Ridge near Artillery Road (the main route by which guns were hauled up from the beach to their positions on 400 Plateau.) Shell Green was the only flat ground within the Anzac enclave, but it was under direct observation from the Turkish higher positions. On 17 December the Anzacs staged a cricket match on Shell Green as a diversion during preparations for the evacuation, but it was abandoned when Turkish shells landed nearby. Shell Green was the site of two cemeteries during the campaign which were joined in 1919 and enlarged with the addition of other graves from the battlefield. The present cemetery contains the graves of 429 soldiers, including 408 Australians, 11 of them in unnamed graves.