The @CWGC’s @bnbgundogan has paid a special solo tribute to thousands of Commonwealth servicemen killed in Gallipoli during the First World War after Coronavirus restrictions saw #AnzacDay commemorations in the area cancelled. Read more: http://ow.ly/2DpZ50zogoq  #AnzacDay2020 #WW1
The private remembrance act was undertaken in @CWGC's capacity as custodians of these sites across the Gallipoli peninsula. A photographer, at a safe distance, captured the acts at Lone Pine Cemetery, Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial and Helles Memorial. #AnzacDay #AnzacDay2020
. @bnbgundogan began his private remembrance tour at the Anzac Commemorative Site. Here, alongside a @CWGC wreath, he placed tributes on behalf of the governments of Australia and New Zealand given our unique role as custodians of these places of memory. #AnzacDay #AnzacDay2020
While at our Lone Pine Cemetery, where over 1,000 Commonwealth casualties lie, and the Lone Pine Memorial, which commemorates over 4,900 Australian and New Zealand servicemen, @bnbgundogan laid wreaths on behalf of the people of Australia and the @CWGC. #AnzacDay #AnzacDay2020
His next stop came @CWGC’s Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial – which bears the names of 849 New Zealand soldiers who died on the Gallipoli peninsula and have no known grave. While here @bnbgundogan laid a wreath on behalf of the people of New Zealand. #AnzacDay #AnzacDay2020
. @bnbgundogan’s final act came @CWGC’s Helles Memorial, which names over 20,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died in the Gallipoli campaign and have no known grave. Here wreaths were laid for the UK, Ireland and on behalf of the people of the Commonwealth. #AnzacDay #AnzacDay2020
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