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Battle of The Neck
Battle of The Neck
The Battle of the Nek was fought as part of the Gallipoli campaign. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge in the Anzac battlefield on the Gallipoli Peninsula, but the terrain itself was a perfect bottleneck and easy to defend. On 7 August 1915 two regiments of the Australian 3rd Light Horse Brigade mounted a futile bayonet attack on the Ottoman trenches suffering 40% killed for no gain and negligible enemy casualties.
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Born 1873
Died 1915
British Army Major Australian Light Horse Regiment
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Born 1866
Died 1937
British Army Brigadier General GOC 2nd Australian Brigade
Australian Imperial Force Brigadier-General GOC 3rd Light Horse Brigade
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Born 1882
Died 1915
Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
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Born 1858
Died 1944
Australian Imperial Force
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Born 1892
Died 1915
Australian Imperial Force 152 Trooper Australian 10th Light Horse 10th Battalion
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Born 1887
Died 1960
Australian Imperial Force
Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 10th Light Horse
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Born 1881
Died 1949
Australian Imperial Force Major 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
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Born 1919
Died 1919
Australian Imperial Force
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Born 1866
Died 1947
Australian Imperial Force
Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 10th Light Horse Regiment
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