Chunuk Bair commemoration service

Officers and soldiers of Wellington Company, 5th and 7th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment marked the anniversary of the capture of Chunuk Bair at a commemoration service held at Wellington Cenotaph on 8 August. It was on 8 August 1915 that the Wellington Battalion of the NZ Expeditionary Force captured Chunuk Bair during the Gallipoli Campaign.

All ranks of the 5th and 7th Battalion, RNZIR, reflect on the proud history of their Battalion, and remember those who had served and paid the ultimate sacrifice on operations with the unit, including its ancestral Infantry units within the Wellington region. To mark this occasion, the officers and soldiers who were in attendance took turns in reading out the names of the fallen.

We will remember them.