Gallipoli

From the ANZAC commemorative site at Gallipoli. Audio

In the final minutes before its 100th anniversary sound archivist Sarah Johnston (pictured) tells the story of the landing at Gallipoli through the voices of those who were there. Audio

There were more than 15 thousand Indians fighting at Gallipoli but their part in the campaign is often forgotten. Military historian Rana Chhina says Indian infantry and artillery were vital to the… Audio

How soldiers tackled the hopeless task of trying to keep themselves clean in the Gallipoli trenches. Fresh water was severely rationed and it was dangerous to swim in the sea because of Turkish… Audio

A description of the variety of jobs carried out by soldiers in the trenches at Gallipoli. These tasks mainly involved maintenance of the trenches as defensive positions and making it easier to spy… Audio

Engineers known as sappers tunnelled under each other’s trenches at Gallipoli with the aim of blowing up the enemy trenches.  Audio

Sergeant Cobb recalls an armistice to bury the dead from both sides at Gallipoli, May 1915. Burial lessened the threat of disease and was in the interests of both the allied and Turkish forces. Audio

A young woman on her OE is drawn to her great-grandfather's grave at Gallipoli. Audio

Award-winning composer and film sound designer Tane Upjohn-Beatson discusses with Kate Mead how he created the sounds for the Te Papa exhibition, Gallipoli: The scale of our war. Audio

Michael Williams' ANZAC symphony draws on his own very personal connection with the Gallipoli campaign - the letters of his great-grandfather. Audio

A bugle will echo through time when The Last Post is played at Chunuk Bair on Anzac Day tomorrow. Corporal Kevin Hickman from the Army Band will be playing a bugle which also sounded at the funerals… Audio

For Maori who fought there, Gallipoli may have been a very foreign place, but still there were sounds redolent of home. Audio

Much of the ground at Gallipoli is designated a cemetery, and it continues to give up relics from the war. Audio

For the men fighting at Gallipoli the weather helped make a miserable situation even more desperate. Audio

On a military front, the centenary commemorations of the Gallipoli landings come as New Zealand troops leave again for the Middle East, this time Iraq. Audio

At the Dawn Service itself, ten thousand Australians and two thousand New Zealanders will stand side by side, having won the right to attend through a ballot. Audio

War historian Ian McGibbon joins Susie Ferguson at ANZAC Cove. Audio

The afternoon service at Chunuk Bair on Anzac Day will be led for the third straight year by the New Zealand Defence Force principal chaplain, the Reverend Lance Lukin. Audio