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14-April-2014
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
The plaque commemorates the 2500 men of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps known as ANZAC, who served in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.
The area below the Cenotaph was renamed ANZAC Bluff in 1974 as it resembles the site where the soldiers first landed at Gallipoli.
Location
Address: | Fraser Avenue, ANZAC Bluff, Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Kings Park , 6005 |
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State: | WA |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -31.960917 Long: 115.844871 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Plaque |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | WW1 |
Actual Event Start Date: | 04-August-1914 |
Actual Event End Date: | 28-June-1919 |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Wednesday 21st May, 1975 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MA,SKP"ANZAC Bluff"
This bluff below the State War Memorial is dedicated to the men of ANZAC who fought and died in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915.
It resembles Ari Burnu where ANZACs stormed the beaches, fought upward and shared grievous losses with a valiant foe.
Australian Imperial Forces
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