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Pink Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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Pink Farm Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased 1915-1916
Established 1915
Location near Krithia, Helles, Turkey
Total burials 602
Unknown
burials		 250
Burials by nation

Allied Powers:

  • United Kingdom: 421
  • Australia: 3
  • New Zealand: 5 (3 identified)
  • Undivided India: 9
Burials by war
Statistics source: [1]

Pink Farm Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near the village of Krithia on the Gallipoli Peninsula. It containing the remains of some of the allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli.

Sotiri Farm was named Pink Farm by the allied troops after the colour of the soil. Three cemeteries were constructed around the farm, and were combined on the site of Pink Farm Cemetery No 3, which contained 139 graves, after the Armistice and enlarged as bodies from other areas were brought to it.

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