7th FIELD AMBULANCE CEMETERY
UK – 130
AIF - 21
NZ – 20
Unit not known – 262
Spec Mem - 207
HISTORY
The cemetery was named from the 7th
Australian Field Ambulance, which landed on Gallipoli in September, 1915; but of
the graves in it, over 300 were brought in from earlier cemeteries after the
Armistice, and the great majority are not Australian, but belonged, probably, to
the 54th (East Anglian) Division. These smaller graveyards were known as Bedford
Ridge, West Ham Gully, Waldron's (or rather Walden's) Point, Essex, Aghyl Dere,
Eastern Mounted Brigade, Suffolk, Hampshire Lane Nos. 1 and 2, Australia Valley,
116th Essex, 1/8th Hants, Norfolk, Junction, and 1/4th Northants. There are now
over 600 Great War casualties commemorated at this site. Of these, over
two-fifths are unidentified and special tablets are erected to record the names
of 160 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 47 from Australia, known or believed
to be buried among them. The cemetery covers an area of 2,212 square metres.
LOCATION
The cemetery is on low ground, close under the shelter of a hill between Chailak Dere and Aghyl Dere. It is about 190 metres east of the Anzac-Suvla road.
GRAVES OF INTEREST
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Lieut-Colonel Sir W.L.Napier (Sp Mem A.105) |
- Commanding 4th South Wales Borderers
- Killed in action 13th August 1915, age 47.
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Lieut-Colonel A.R.Cole-Hamilton (Sp Mem B.5) |
- Commanding 6th Bn East Lancs Regt
- Killed in action 9th August 1915, age 56.
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Major Percy J.Overton (II-A-5) |
- Canterbury Mounted Rifles, NZEF
- Killed in Action Agildere 7th August 1915
- Killed clearing Turks from Walden Point and Beauchop’s Hill.
-Was a well-known scout in the Boer War.
-In May 1915 he was placed in charge of the NZs who reconnoitred the Northern Hills.
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Tpr Malcolm McInnes (II-A-4) |
- One of Overton’s scouts.
- Canterbury Mounted Rifles, NZEF
- Killed in Action 7th August 1915
- Killed clearing Turks from Walden Point and Beauchop’s Hill.
