Historical place archive

Hill 60 in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Hill 60 in New Zealand. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1915–1915

Historical events in Hill 60

1915

21 August 1915
Mounted Rifles Attack Hill 60
Andrew Hamilton Russell · World War, 1st

Russell's mounted riflemen attack Hill 60 as Allied forces try to secure the link between ANZAC and Suvla.

27 August 1915
Renewed Hill 60 Assault Begins
Andrew Hamilton Russell · World War, 1st

Russell's New Zealand mounted troops join a renewed Allied attack against the summit trenches on Hill 60.

Provenance

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