The Nek Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
- The Nek Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Infobox Military Cemetery
name= The Nek
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission
use_dates= Aug - Dec 1915
established= 1919
designer=
coordinates=
nearest_town=
total= 326
by_country=Allied Powers:
*Unknown: 316
*Australia: 6
*New Zealand: 4
by_war=
World War I: 326
source= [http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/the_nek_cemetery.htm Battlefields 14-18]
The Nek Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.
The cemetery was constructed following the Armistice in 1919 on the site of the Battle of the Nek, at which time the ground was still covered with the remains of Australian 8th and 10th Light Horse troopers killed in the battle four years previously. It is likely that they form the majority of the unknown graves in the cemetery. [cite web| url = http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/the_nek_cemetery.htm | work = Battlefields 1914-1918| title = The Nek Cemetery| accessdate=2007-07-23] The cemetery has the graves of only five identified soldiers and special memorials to another five known to be buried there.
References
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