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George Bollinger's diary was kept from the time he left Wellington on 16 October 1914 and documents superbly the experiences and shifting attitudes of a New Zealand soldier during the Gallipoli campaign.
Ottoman and German flying personnel stationed in the Dardanelles region, 1915.
An Ottoman heavy gun shells a British observation post located on Mavro Island near the entrance to the Dardanelles, 1915.
Vice-Admiral Johannes Merten (left foreground), the German naval officer responsible for the defence of the Dardanelles pictured outside his headquarters, circa 1915.
Ottoman coastal gun emplacement in the Dardanelles, circa 1916.
The German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II (centre with cane) walks with Ottoman and German officers during his tour of the Dardanelle forts, October 1917.
Officers direct the fire of two Ottoman MG08 heavy machine guns near the Dardanelles, circa 1915-1916.