A Visit to Gallipoli (3)

Section 3

Lone Pine and Johnston's Jolly

 

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

Lone Pine Cemetery

 

 

Looking south along the coast.

In the foreground: tombstones at Lone Pine Cemetery.

In the background: the monument to the 57th regiment of the Ottoman Army
(see the next installment).

 

The text on this tombstone reads:

 

BELIEVED TO BE

BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY

***

2032 PRIVATE

J. G. A. STOKES

2ND BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.

7/14 AUGUST 1915 AGE 21

* * *

THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT

BE BLOTTED OUT

The text on this tombstone reads:

905 PRIVATE
W. H. EDMENDS
23 BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.
7 DECEMBER 1915 AGE 18
***
IN LOVING MEMORY
 

 

The modern road runs between Lone Pine Cemetery and Johnston's Jolly.
The road corresponds to the narrow strip of no man's land between the two sides
during the military campaign of 1915.
 

Remains of a trench from the military campaign in 1915.
 

Johnston's Jolly Cemetery

In the foreground: Johnston's Jolly.

In the background: Lone Pine Cemetery.

The modern name of this location refers to colonel J. L. Johnston of the 11th West Australian Battalion that was stationed here. Whenever he wished to fire up his men, he would always say:
"Let's jolly up the Turks."
 



 

 

In the foreground: Johnston's Jolly Cemetery.

In the background: Lone Pine Cemetery.

 





The entrance to an underground shelter from the campaign in 1915.

Remains of trenches from 1915.

 * * *

 

Go to the next installment:

 

A Visit to Gallipoli (4)

 

* * *