War cemeteries and memorials at Gallipoli

Plugge's Plateau

Plugge's Plateau Cemetery Plugge's Plateau Cemetery

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The following text is from the official Commonwealth War Graves listing.

The figures at the end of each entry eg. B. 8. (row B, grave 8) refer to the cemetery map.

Plugge's Plateau was captured by the 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade on the 25th April, 1915, and named later from Colonel A. Plugge, C.M.G., Commanding Auckland Battalion, whose Headquarters were there. It became a battery position, a reservoir, and a position on the "Inner Line" of defences, and on its Western slopes were the Anzac Headquarters. There are now over 20, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. The Cemetery covers an area of 198 square metres. Anzac is the midmost of the three areas into which the fighting on Gallipoli and the cemeteries on the Peninsula are divided. Plugge's Plateau (pronounced "Pluggy's") was the name given to the hill, 100 metres above sea level, to which the cliff rises from Ari Burnu. Plugge's Plateau Cemetery is on the north-west corner of the Plateau.

  • BATT, Private, FRANK, 477. 10th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. Age 36. Son of John Batt; husband of Harriett L. Batt, of 11, North Parade, Camborne, Cornwall, England. Native of Camborne. B. 8.
  • BELL, Private, GEORGE, 275. 11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. Age 28. Son of Jane McFadyean Bell. Native of Scotland. B. 6.
  • BOWDEN, Serjeant, WILLIAMRICHARD, 2/117. N.Z. FieldArtillery. Killedinaction 17thMay 1915. Age 25. Son of John and Ada Bowden, of 180, Broughton St., Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand. Native of Cardiff, Wales. A. 2.
  • CARROLL, Private, THOMAS GEORGE, 1015. 11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. B. 9.
  • CLARKE, Lance Corporal, ARTHUR, 8/352. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.. Killed in action 25th April 1915. Age 31. Son of Alice and the late William Clarke, of 19, Alfred St., Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand. Native of Lyttelton, New Zealand. B. 1.
  • COURTNEY, Private, THOMAS JOSEPH, 307. 9th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 2nd May 1915. Age 19. Son of Daniel and Maud Edith May Courtney, of State School, Tallegalla, Rosewood, Queensland. Native of Watsonville, Queensland. B. 2.
  • DALE, Private, GEORGE THOMAS, 702. 5th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. Age 21. Son of Mary Ann Dale, of Alberton Rd., Maanah, Tasmania, and the late Thomas Dale. Native of Box Hill, Victoria, Australia. B. 5.
  • EDGAR, Private, WOLVERTON, 535. 11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. B. 7.
  • GUNDRY, Gunner, GEORGE MERRY, 2/538. 2nd Bty. N.Z. Field Artillery. Died of wounds 30th May 1915. Age 25. Son of John George and Mary Gundry, of 47, Wathen Rd., Leamington Spa, England. Born at Gosport, England. A. 1.
  • KEAN, Private, THOMAS, 237. 7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. A. 4.
  • LE MASURIER, Gunner, JOHN EDWARD, 2708. 3rd Bde. Ammunition Col. Australian Field Artillery. Killed in action 29th May 1915. A. 3.
  • NAGHTEN, Sergeant, JOHN, 1070. 4th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 30th April 1915. A. 7.
  • O'DONNELL, Corporal, JOHN, 12/203. 3rd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.. Killed in action 25th April 1915. Age 21. Son of William and Katherine Elizabeth O'Donnell, of 67, Grange Rd., Mount Eden, New Zealand. B. 4.
  • RENNETT, Private, THOMAS, 8/472. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.. 25th April 1915. Age 30. C. 2.
  • ROSSITER, Private, REGINALD JAMES, 2055. 6th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. Age 22. Son of Sarah Jane Rossiter, of 7O, Addison St., St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, and the late James Rossiter. A. 5.
  • SMITH, Private, SYDNEY, 862. 6th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. A. 6.
  • YEATMAN, Private, ALLEN PATRICK, 759. 9th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 25th April 1915. Age 37. B. 10.

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