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Walker's Ridge Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Coordinates: 40°14′30″N 26°17′17″E / 40.24169°N 26.28818°E / 40.24169; 26.28818
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Walker's Ridge
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased Aug–Dec 1915
Established1915
Location40°14′30″N 26°17′17″E / 40.24169°N 26.28818°E / 40.24169; 26.28818
Total burials92
Unknowns
12
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: Battlefields 14–18

Walker's Ridge Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Suvla Bay in Turkey. It contains the remains of Allied soldiers killed during the Battle of Gallipoli.

It was constructed on a spur which was named by the occupying troops after the headquarters of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, under the command of Brigadier-General Harold Walker, which was located there. The cemetery was formed during the occupation in 1915 and is divided into two plots 20 metres apart and originally separated by a trench.

Notable graves

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Harold Rush's grave marker in Walker's Ridge Cemetery

Amongst the graves is that of 23-year-old Trooper Harold Rush of the 10th Australian Light Horse regiment. Rush was in the third wave of troops to charge Turkish trenches at the battle of the Nek on 7 August 1915. Seeing that previous two waves had been slaughtered, just before his wave attacked he turned to a fellow soldier and said "Goodbye Cobber, God bless you". His parents had these last words recorded on his grave marker.

References

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  • Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  • "Walker's Ridge Cemetery". Battlefields 1914–1918. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  • "RUSH, Harold". The spirits of Gallipoli. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
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