Gallipoli Turkey eight years later under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who first rose to prominence as a commander at Gallipoli. The Gallipoli Star was a military decoration created by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and awarded for the duration of World War I. The campaign was the first major military action of Australia and New Zealand as independent dominions, and is often considered to mark the birth of national consciousness in those nations. The date of the landing, 25 April, is known as "Anzac Day". It remains the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in Australia and New Zealand. On
1915: A Novel of Gallipoli and one that promises much from his next novel nevertheless." McDonald wrote the television script for a seven part series which was broadcast on ABC TV in 1982. 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli is a 1979 historical novel by Roger McDonald. The book is about two friends, Walter and Billy, who join the AIF and go to fight at Gallipoli. The novel follows the story of the two men from their adolescence in the Australian bush to their coming of age on the battlefields of World War I. "Kirkus Reviews" wrote "A standard kit of