Battle for No.3 Post
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The battle for No.3 Post was fought during the Gallipoli Campaign in the First World War, between the forces of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and the Turkish 19th Division.
No.3 Post with Chunuk Bair on the skyline
Anzac Cove in 2004, showing the North Beach, The Sphinx, and on the left rear Walker's Ridge stretching down to the sea. This is where the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade were deployed.
Turkish machine-gunners with German officers at Gallipoli
The open coastal terrain where No.1 and No.2 Posts were located
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment from New Zealand, raised for service during the First World War. It was assigned to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, and formed part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Regimental Headquarters marching through Cairo 1914
The Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel John Findlay
Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment aboard HMNZT Tahita just before leaving Lyttelton in New Zealand
Canterbury Mounted Rifles getting ready for the second assault on Hill 60 Gallipoli 27 August 1915