HILL 60 CEMETERY
Gallipoli
Turkey
Location Information
The Anzac and Suvla cemeteries are first signposted from the left hand junction of the Eceabat - Bigali road. From this junction you should travel into the main Anzac area.
On leaving the Anzac area and heading towards Suvla, you will find Hill 60 cemetery at 15.6 kms. at the end of a right hand rough track 600 metres long, which is difficult to negotiate in the wet.
Hill 60 is on the 60 metre contour line, at the end of a range, which runs South-Eastward towards Hill 100 between Kaiajik Dere and Asma Dere.
Hill 60 Cemetery is reached along a 800 metre track, which requires a 4-wheel drive vehicle during wet weather.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.
Historical Information
The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.
The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts.
At the beginning of August 1915, Hill 60, which commanded the shore ward communications between the forces at Anzac and Suvla, was in Turkish hands. On 22 August, it was attacked from Anzac by the Canterbury and Otago Mounted Rifles, followed later by the 18th Australian Infantry Battalion and supported on the flanks by other troops. It was partly captured and on 27-29 August, and the captured ground was extended by the 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th Australian Infantry Battalions, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, the 5th Connaught Rangers, and the 9th and 10th Australian Light Horse. The position was held until the evacuation in December.
HILL 60 CEMETERY lies among the trenches of the actions of Hill 60. It was made after those engagements, and enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from Norfolk Trench Cemetery and from the battlefield.
There are now 788 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 712 of the burials are unidentified, but special memorials commemorate 34 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
Identified Casualties:
Australia 30
New Zealand 27
United Kingdom 19
Within the cemetery stands the HILL 60 (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL, one of four memorials erected to commemorate New Zealand soldiers who died on the Gallipoli peninsula and and whose graves are not known. This memorial relates to the actions at Hill 60. It bears more than 180 names.
Commemorated:
New Zealand 183
United Kingdom 1
Cemetery pictures © Geerhard Joos
The Anzac and Suvla cemeteries are first signposted from the left hand junction of the Eceabat - Bigali road. From this junction you should travel into the main Anzac area.
On leaving the Anzac area and heading towards Suvla, you will find Hill 60 cemetery at 15.6 kms. at the end of a right hand rough track 600 metres long, which is difficult to negotiate in the wet.
Hill 60 is on the 60 metre contour line, at the end of a range, which runs South-Eastward towards Hill 100 between Kaiajik Dere and Asma Dere.
Hill 60 Cemetery is reached along a 800 metre track, which requires a 4-wheel drive vehicle during wet weather.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.
Historical Information
The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.
The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts.
At the beginning of August 1915, Hill 60, which commanded the shore ward communications between the forces at Anzac and Suvla, was in Turkish hands. On 22 August, it was attacked from Anzac by the Canterbury and Otago Mounted Rifles, followed later by the 18th Australian Infantry Battalion and supported on the flanks by other troops. It was partly captured and on 27-29 August, and the captured ground was extended by the 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th Australian Infantry Battalions, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, the 5th Connaught Rangers, and the 9th and 10th Australian Light Horse. The position was held until the evacuation in December.
HILL 60 CEMETERY lies among the trenches of the actions of Hill 60. It was made after those engagements, and enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from Norfolk Trench Cemetery and from the battlefield.
There are now 788 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 712 of the burials are unidentified, but special memorials commemorate 34 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
Identified Casualties:
Australia 30
New Zealand 27
United Kingdom 19
Within the cemetery stands the HILL 60 (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL, one of four memorials erected to commemorate New Zealand soldiers who died on the Gallipoli peninsula and and whose graves are not known. This memorial relates to the actions at Hill 60. It bears more than 180 names.
Commemorated:
New Zealand 183
United Kingdom 1
Cemetery pictures © Geerhard Joos
Roll of Honour
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403 Lance Corporal
Thomas Dickinson
9th Australian Light Horse
28th August 1915, aged 26.
Special Memorial 23.
Inscription "In loving memory of our dear son and brother duty nobly done"
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Dickinson, of "Rosedale," Hardings, Nhill, Victoria, Australia, Native of Broughton, Victoria.
Studio portrait of 403 Private (Pte) Thomas Dickinson, C Squadron, 9th Light Horse Regiment, of Nhill, Vic. A farmer prior to enlistment on 29 September 1914, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Karroo on 11 February 1915. Pte Dickinson was killed in action on 28 August 1915, at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli Peninsula, aged 26 years.
Thomas Dickinson
9th Australian Light Horse
28th August 1915, aged 26.
Special Memorial 23.
Inscription "In loving memory of our dear son and brother duty nobly done"
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Dickinson, of "Rosedale," Hardings, Nhill, Victoria, Australia, Native of Broughton, Victoria.
Studio portrait of 403 Private (Pte) Thomas Dickinson, C Squadron, 9th Light Horse Regiment, of Nhill, Vic. A farmer prior to enlistment on 29 September 1914, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Karroo on 11 February 1915. Pte Dickinson was killed in action on 28 August 1915, at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli Peninsula, aged 26 years.
1432 Sergeant
Alfred Lachlan Jack
14th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
28th August 1915, aged 34.
Plot I. E. 1.
Son of Thomas and Catherine Jack, of 201, Hereford St., Christchurch, New Zealand.
Studio portrait of 1432 Corporal (Cpl) Alfred Lachlan Jack, 14th Battalion. A cabinet maker prior to enlisting on 22 October 1914, Cpl Jack was promoted to the rank of Sergeant (Sgt) on 21 August 1915. Sgt Jack was killed in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 28 August 1915.
Alfred Lachlan Jack
14th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
28th August 1915, aged 34.
Plot I. E. 1.
Son of Thomas and Catherine Jack, of 201, Hereford St., Christchurch, New Zealand.
Studio portrait of 1432 Corporal (Cpl) Alfred Lachlan Jack, 14th Battalion. A cabinet maker prior to enlisting on 22 October 1914, Cpl Jack was promoted to the rank of Sergeant (Sgt) on 21 August 1915. Sgt Jack was killed in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 28 August 1915.
897 Trooper
Cyril Benjamin Levien
9th Australian Light Horse
28th August 1915.
Special Memorial 28.
Inscription " In ever loving memory of our boy, he lives in deeds not words"
Son of Claude Benjamin and Evelyn Ada Mary Levien, of 16, Bourke Crescent, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Native of Perth, Western Australia.
Studio portrait of 897 Cyril Benjamin Levien, 9th Light Horse Regiment, from Geelong, Victoria. An 18 year old farm hand prior to enlisting on 16 December 1914, he embarked for overseas with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 8 May 1915 aboard HMAT Kabinga. He served with the Regiment at Gallipoli where he was killed in action on 28 August 1915 at the Battle for Hill 60 and is believed to be buried in the Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Cyril Benjamin Levien
9th Australian Light Horse
28th August 1915.
Special Memorial 28.
Inscription " In ever loving memory of our boy, he lives in deeds not words"
Son of Claude Benjamin and Evelyn Ada Mary Levien, of 16, Bourke Crescent, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Native of Perth, Western Australia.
Studio portrait of 897 Cyril Benjamin Levien, 9th Light Horse Regiment, from Geelong, Victoria. An 18 year old farm hand prior to enlisting on 16 December 1914, he embarked for overseas with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 8 May 1915 aboard HMAT Kabinga. He served with the Regiment at Gallipoli where he was killed in action on 28 August 1915 at the Battle for Hill 60 and is believed to be buried in the Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
559 Trooper Leonard Templar Napper, 9th Australian Horse, died 28th August 1915. Special Memorial 31. Inscription "Their glory shall not be blotted out"
Outdoor portrait of 559 Private (Pte) Leonard Templer Napper, 9th Light Horse, of Orroroo, SA. A farmer prior to enlistment, Pte Napper embarked with B Company from Melbourne on HMAT Karroo on 11 February 1915. On 28 August 1915 he was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 26.
Outdoor portrait of 559 Private (Pte) Leonard Templer Napper, 9th Light Horse, of Orroroo, SA. A farmer prior to enlistment, Pte Napper embarked with B Company from Melbourne on HMAT Karroo on 11 February 1915. On 28 August 1915 he was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 26.
Lieutenant Colonel
Carew Reynell, Mentioned in Despatches
9th Australian Light Horse
28th August 1915, aged 32.
Special Memorial 4.
Inscription "Truth to himself till death was all he craved he has his will"
Son of the late Walter and Emily Reynell; husband of May Reynell, of Reynella, South Australia. Of Reynella. His son Richard Carew Reynell fell in the 1939 – 1945 war and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England.
Informal portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt Col) Carew Reynell, 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, mounted on his horse. A vigneron from Reynella, SA prior to enlistment Lt Col Reynell embarked with the rank of Major from Melbourne on HMAT Karroo on 11 February 1915. Following his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel he was mentioned in Despatches. On 28 August 1915 he was killed in action, aged 32, and was buried in the Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli.
Carew Reynell, Mentioned in Despatches
9th Australian Light Horse
28th August 1915, aged 32.
Special Memorial 4.
Inscription "Truth to himself till death was all he craved he has his will"
Son of the late Walter and Emily Reynell; husband of May Reynell, of Reynella, South Australia. Of Reynella. His son Richard Carew Reynell fell in the 1939 – 1945 war and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England.
Informal portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt Col) Carew Reynell, 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, mounted on his horse. A vigneron from Reynella, SA prior to enlistment Lt Col Reynell embarked with the rank of Major from Melbourne on HMAT Karroo on 11 February 1915. Following his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel he was mentioned in Despatches. On 28 August 1915 he was killed in action, aged 32, and was buried in the Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli.
The graves of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) William Cameron, Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt Col) Carew Reynell and Captain (Capt) Alfred John Jaffray, of the 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment. All embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Karroo on 11 February 1915. A commission agent from Rushworth, Vic prior to enlistment, 2nd Lt Cameron embarked with the rank of Farrier Sergeant. Later promoted to Second Lieutenant he was killed in action on 4 September 1915. Lt Col Reynell, a vigneron from Reynella, SA embarked with the rank of Major. Following his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel he was Mentioned in Despatches and subsequently killed in action on 28 August 1915. Capt Jaffray, a farmer from Wallacedale, Vic embarked with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Following his promotion to Captain, he was killed in action on 29 August 1915. All three men were originally believed to have been buried in the Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli although their exact location was unknown. 2nd Lt Cameron's remains were later claimed to have been the interred in the 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli where a headstone was erected to that effect.
Gallipoli, Turkey. 23 April 1923. An aerial photograph taken at 500 feet of Hill 60 and the Anzac Cemetery. Former battle signs are in the area. (Donor R.W. Murphy, Imperial War Graves)
