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Whanganui man corrects New Zealand Gallipoli figure on Australian Government Anzac Portal
Australia’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs will update the landing figure from 8,500 to between 16,000 and 18,000. On this site: The Anzacs Roll Call campaign census 22,479; dual-source ship travellers 23,053.
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What is the significance of secondary schools rowing to the ANZAC war effort?
The Maadi Cup that crowns New Zealand schoolboy eights is a Second World War friendship token from Maadi Camp, Egypt, and the Nile (2NZEF), not a peacetime invention. First raced for schools in 1947 at Whanganui.
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Navy Museum troopships list underpins dual-source Gallipoli ship audit; Anzac Portal figure moving to 16,000-18,000
Source B is the Navy Museum HMNZT 1-111 list. Dual-ticked Gallipoli-pipeline sailings: 30. Dual-audited travellers: 23,053. Australia’s Anzac Portal to update NZ Gallipoli from about 8,500 to 16,000-18,000.
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UK National Archives access for about 6.5 million British soldier records; The Tommies coming on its own domain
Kew grants Discovery API access and a bulk catalogue download under the Open Government Licence. British sister site The Tommies will launch on an independent domain yet to be released.
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