New Zealand Troops were not to return to Gallipoli until December, 1918.

* The exact figure will probably never be known. Recent research by Richard Stowers suggests total casualties were 2779, 58 more than the previously, widely accepted figure of 2721 (Christopher Pugsley).

References: Pugsley, C. Gallipoli – The New Zealand Story, Auckland, 1998

"A number of men of the 13th Company were sent along the beach to bury some dead men who were lying in the vicinity of the boats previously referred to. They were fired on by snipers. Two were killed and four wounded, and they did not succeed in burying all the dead. I heard today our losses since April 25 have been about fifty per cent.

Today I had my first wash for three days. It consisted of a rub round my face with a wet shaving brush.”  [Chamberlain p11]

“My stock of powdered biscuits is out, so I have to be satisfied with bully beef today. I’d give something just now for a good feed!”   [Chamberlain p11]

“The following cablegram has been received by the Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:- "His Majesty's Government desires me to offer you their warmest congratulations on the splendid gallantry and magnificent achievement of your Contingent in the successful progress of the operations in the Dardanelles.”

[Press, Volume LI, Issue 15266, 30 April 1915, Page 6]

In time of war it is not uncommon to be killed by your own side (artillery barrages falling short, targets not properly identified) but to be deliberately killed by a member of your own unit is a rarer event.

On 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany. The British Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, had given Germany an ultimatum to withdraw its forces from Belgium by midnight of 3 August. Following the events in Sarajevo, and the consequent declaration of war on Russia, Germany had set in motion the Schlieffen Plan that doomed Belgium to invasion as a means of attacking France. Britain had guaranteed Belgium’s neutrality in treaties dating back to 1839.

The German response to the ultimatum was unsatisfactory and Britain declared war.