Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

'Digger' C.A. was just 21 years old when he died on June 12, 1915, according to his tombstone, one of hundreds at the Commonwealth War Cemetery on the eastern Aegean island of Limnos, which represents a very important chapter of modern history, as the flags waving at its entrance testify.

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, accompanied by the Governor General of Australia David Hurley, visited the island of Limnos on Wednesday to attend memorial events to commemorate the fallen of the Gallipoli Campaign, which were held at the Allied Cemetery of Moudros on the island.

Thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to the fallen Australian and New Zealand soldiers on the 108th anniversary of the Çanakkale Land Battles during the traditional dawn ceremony held at Anzac Cove on the historical Gallipoli Peninsula.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Turkey to "confront" comments made by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the killing of 50 people at mosques in Christchurch.

Each year thousands of Australians, New Zealanders, British, Indian and French citizens visit Gallipoli to commemorate their ancestors who lost their lives in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. After the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915, the peace and friendship bridge established between Turkey, Australia and New Zealand strengthens.

Around 500 Australians and New Zealanders commemorated the fallen soldiers on the Gallipoli peninsula in the western province of Çanakkale early on April 25 with a dawn service, marking the 102nd anniversary of the landing of Allied troops during World War I.

Australia and New Zealand warned on April 6 that extremists may be planning an attack on the commemoration of a World War I campaign that is being held in Turkey this month.

Australia has presented three artifacts from the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli to a Turkish military museum as a ?gesture of friendship.?

The Australian War Memorial donated a unit banner, a folding periscope and a hand grenade to the Çanakkale Naval Museum in northwestern Turkey.

Australia presented three artifacts from the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli to a Turkish military museum on Aug. 7 as a "gesture of friendship".

Thousands gather on Gallipoli Peninsula for an Anzac Day dawn service to mark the centenary of the landing of Allied troops Leaders and dignitaries from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey led thousands at dawn ceremonies on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula on April 25 to mark the 100th anniversary of a World War One battle that helped shape their nations.