[1] Later, several wells were dug in the valley and camps and gun emplacements constructed in the lower end.

Private Victor Laidlaw photographed the cemetery in 1915 and made this comment in his diary: 4.7.15 (4 July 1915) The military cemetery near us is gradually expanding, every day you will see a small party witnessing the last call of a comrade who has gone to rest, crude graves some of them are, but they are looked after as much as possible.

[3] Captain Quinn was in command of C company, 15th Battalion of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF), and detailed on 29 April 1915 to hold the precarious position which had been established a few days before.

He was promoted to major on 1 May but was shot on 29 May whilst reconnoitring in daylight for a counter-attack to expel Turkish troops from positions nearby seized during an assault on the post.

[4] The Anzac cemeteries are reached from the left hand junction of the Eceabat – Bigali Road.