Anzac at Gallipoli: in the news

Anzac Day at Gallipoli, as you might have read about it or seen it online:

• Crowds flock to remember fallen (NZ herald, 26 April 2014)

"As we stand here in the peace and quiet of the early morning, we can cast our minds back to the morning 99 years ago, when the soft sounds of waves on the shore, and the gentle rhythmic splashing of oars of the landing boats were soon drowned out by the cacophony of gun fire, the shouts of orders and the screams of wounded men.

"Now, almost a century later, we come together to acknowledge the deeds of those who served in the Gallipoli campaign and to honour their memory and to reflect on all that they endured. There are great feats conducted here and there are those who straggled. Those who stood by their mates, and a few who let them down.

"We should not judge from the distance of history, just as we cannot imagine the suffering and horrors endured by those who served here."

(New Zealand Defence Force Major General Arthur David Gawn )

• From the Sydney morning herald: Gallipoli peninsula ready to greet latest Anzac pilgrims (24 April 2014), Number of Gallipoli pilgrims plummets, Celestial reminders capture Gallipoli spirit and Lovely photos of the Anzac Day service in Gallipoli (25 April 2014) - look for the ones of the moon!

• (I also like this article about the service at Scott Base, held at 10am as there was no dawn.)

• This is my interview with Mark Sainsbury on Radio Live - recorded live from our hotel room on Saturday 26 April, back in Istanbul. (Leonie,  my roommate, was listening into check I got it all right!)
• And this is the Maori TV coverage of the Chunuk Bair service (look out for the Red Coats!)
• And here's an interesting article by Craig Sisterson, a Kiwi crime writing blogger who attended the 2011 Anzac dawn service at Gallipoli