Gallipoli

[manta22]

When we were in Wellington, NZ we stumbled across an exhibit about the WW I Gallipoli Campaign in a local museum. The exhibits were organized by a movie director and the exhibit was absolutely one of the best that I have ever seen.
There were a half dozen large-scale sculptures of NZ troops that were extremely well done. You can see the scale by comparing the size of the woman to the right. It was so realistic that there were even flies on this Kiwi soldier's rations. All the materials were authentic- cloth, leather, etc.
The Gallipoli Campaign still is a sore point with Anzacs; they felt as if they were being used as "cannon fodder" by the British in Galliopli. See more at: https://www.wetaworkshop.com/.../gallipoli-the-scale-of.../

 

[Gnomey]

An excellent exhibit really enjoyed it when I went. See these posts:

Gnomey's Pictures

Now we get to one of the main reasons I wanted to visit Wellington, Te PaPa the national museum of New Zealand. They had one particular exhibition on Galipoli in association with Weta Workshop (guys behind costumes and CGI on Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit among others). Charts the stories...

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Gnomey's Pictures

Moving on to the main part of the exhibition which is 5 dioramas feature 2.4x lifesize people which are amazing in their detail. First one is Lieutenant Spencer Westamacott - full background on the website: Gallipoli: The scale of our war Last picture is a diorama of the trench system...

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Gnomey's Pictures

Next 2. First couple depict Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Percival Fenwick with the last one showing Private Jack Dunn...

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Gnomey's Pictures

Cheers guys. I believe the exhibition is still running so if you are around Wellington definitely go and see it. Next set depicting scenes from the battle for Chunuk Bair.

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Gnomey's Pictures

Final set of the figures. First one showing one of the nurses who has just been told of her brothers death and the last couple are of the remembrance figure which is the last one.

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[manta22]

An excellent exhibit really enjoyed it when I went. See these posts:

Gnomey's Pictures

Now we get to one of the main reasons I wanted to visit Wellington, Te PaPa the national museum of New Zealand. They had one particular exhibition on Galipoli in association with Weta Workshop (guys behind costumes and CGI on Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit among others). Charts the stories...

ww2aircraft.net

Gnomey's Pictures

Moving on to the main part of the exhibition which is 5 dioramas feature 2.4x lifesize people which are amazing in their detail. First one is Lieutenant Spencer Westamacott - full background on the website: Gallipoli: The scale of our war Last picture is a diorama of the trench system...

ww2aircraft.net

Gnomey's Pictures

Next 2. First couple depict Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Percival Fenwick with the last one showing Private Jack Dunn...

ww2aircraft.net

Gnomey's Pictures

Cheers guys. I believe the exhibition is still running so if you are around Wellington definitely go and see it. Next set depicting scenes from the battle for Chunuk Bair.

ww2aircraft.net

Gnomey's Pictures

Final set of the figures. First one showing one of the nurses who has just been told of her brothers death and the last couple are of the remembrance figure which is the last one.

ww2aircraft.net

The Te Papa display makes the Smithsonian look like a bunch of rank amateurs!

 

[GTX]

The Gallipoli Campaign still is a sore point with Anzacs; they felt as if they were being used as "cannon fodder" by the British in Galliopli.

A myth that never seems to go away (and I say this as an Australian who had a relative at Gallipoli). When you look at the facts, it is obvious that the Brits lost mamy more, as did the French (but you rarely hear about them at all):

Britain: 198,340 casualties comprising 31,389 killed, 9,708 missing and/or POW, 78,749 wounded and 78,494 evacuated sick;
France: 47,000 casualties comprising 9,000 killed & missing,18,000 wounded and 20,000 evacuated sick;
Australia: 26,094 casualties comprising 7,594 killed and 18,500 wounded
New Zealand: 7,571 casualties comprising 3,431 killed and 4,140 wounded

 

[manta22]

A myth that never seems to go away (and I say this as an Australian who had a relative at Gallipoli). When you look at the facts, it is obvious that the Brits lost mamy more, as did the French (but you rarely hear about them at all):

Britain: 198,340 casualties comprising 31,389 killed, 9,708 missing and/or POW, 78,749 wounded and 78,494 evacuated sick;
France: 47,000 casualties comprising 9,000 killed & missing,18,000 wounded and 20,000 evacuated sick;
Australia: 26,094 casualties comprising 7,594 killed and 18,500 wounded
New Zealand: 7,571 casualties comprising 3,431 killed and 4,140 wounded

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Now that was a bloody shambles.

 

[ARTESH]

Well, i even didn't know there were French troops at Gallipoli!!!

 

[GrauGeist]

New Zealand: 7,571 casualties comprising 3,431 killed and 4,140 wounded

The total force of New Zealanders involved, was 15,000 - so even though their casualty numbers seem small, it accounted for over half their force.

 

[gumbyk]

The Gallipoli Campaign still is a sore point with Anzacs; they felt as if they were being used as "cannon fodder" by the British in Galliopli.

There's more to it than that. From being landed at the wrong location, to ANZAC's taking a key position, then handing it over to the British, who promptly lost it, the whole sorry campaign is an example of 'lions lead by lambs'

Another common myth is that the eventual evacuation was carried out without loss of life - the last Australian death on the peninsula was a pilot shot down doing cover after all ground troops were aboard the ships.