New Zealanders in the First World War – Gallipoli

Books

Kinloch, I. Echoes of Gallipoli : In the Words of New Zealand's Mounted Riflemen, 2005
Prologue: New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, pp. 17-28;

  • 1: War with Germany;
  • 2 covers voyage and arrival in North Africa;
  • 3: Egypt;
  • 5-14: Gallipoli.
A view of Beach V, one of the initial landing points for troops, Gallipoli Peninsula [1915] File Reference CCL PhotoCD 3, IMG0048
A view of Beach V, one of the initial landing points for troops, Gallipoli Peninsula [1915]. CCL PhotoCD 3, IMG0048

McGibbon, I. Gallipoli: a guide to New Zealand battlefields and memorials, 2014
An illustrated handbook covering the history and geography of the Gallipoli campaign, aimed at the general reader.

Matthews, M. The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front, 2017
Part 2: Gallipoli, pp. 91-172.

Pugsley, C. The Anzacs at Gallipoli, 1999
Written for school-aged children; a useful introduction.

Pugsley, C. Gallipoli: the New Zealand story, 1998
Chronology: pp. 360-2; New Zealand statistics, pp. 363-5.

Pugsley, C. Remembering Gallipoli : Interviews With New Zealand Gallipoli Veterans, 2015
This book illustrates 13 different themes with interviews with veterans that were conducted in 1980.

Stowers, R. Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders’ story, 2005
Substantial, well-illustrated history. Includes portraits of some of those killed.

  • New Zealand dead, pp. 274-383, with brief biographical details of those killed;
  • prisoners-of-war, pp. 384-5;
  • honours and awards, pp. 386-417;
  • New Zealand recommendations, pp. 418-428;
  • New Zealand cemeteries and memorials, pp. 429-431;
  • places familiar to New Zealanders, pp. 432-6;
  • Gallipoli slang, pp. 436-8.

Taylor, P. Gallipoli: A Battlefield Guide, 2000
Ch. 2: Overview of Gallipoli campaign, by Chris Matthews; Ch. 3: Approaches and exits; Ch. 4: Helles; Ch. 5: ANZAC; Ch. 6: Suvla Bay.

Waite, F. The New Zealanders at Gallipoli,1919

  • Troops serving in Gallipoli, pp. 302-5;
  • honours and awards, pp. 308-316;
  • place-names, pp. 317-324;
  • Gallipoli chronology, pp. 325-9.

Graves of officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula [1915] File Reference CCL PhotoCD 3, IMG0049
Graves of officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula [1915] CCL PhotoCD 3, IMG0049

In our catalogue

Archives

Search ArchivesSpace for material in our archives relating to Gallipoli.
Our archives collection can be viewed on Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2 of Tūranga.

Online resources

The Gallipoli campaign
Information on the campaign from New Zealand History online.

Anzac Day
Information from New Zealand History online.

Gallipoli papers
From out digital collection: Operation and transport orders, memoranda and other papers issued to the Canterbury Infantry Battalion at Lemnos, January-September 1915. Copies of official orders issued to the Battalion during the Gallipoli landings.

Arthur Francis Lester Priest: Diary 1915
The diary of Lester Priest, killed at Gallipoli in August 1915.

Cecil Malthus : World War I papers
The letters follow Malthus’ progress from training in New Zealand to his experiences throughout the war, including time in Egypt preparing for Gallipoli, and his time in France

War diary, 1915-1916 by H. H. Stephens
The World War I diary of Herbert Harold Stephens, of Sydenham, Christchurch. He writes of his experience at Gallipoli, the Western Front, and through hospitals as he fought dysentery.

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