unknown story of the Sri Lankan soldiers who fought with the Australian forces at the Gallipoli capture in WW1

Australian troops charge near a Turkish trench just before the evacuation at Anzac. When they got there the Turks had flown. Dardanelles Campaign, ca. 1915. | Location: Gallipoli Penninsula, Turkey

Australian troops charge near a Turkish trench just before the evacuation at Anzac. 1915. Source: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

Our Queensland correspondent Janaka Weerasinghe and Harsha Perera, an activist for the Ex Servicemen Association of Queensland, speak to SBS Sinhala Radio


Story you may not have known about the Sri Lankan soldiers who fought with the Australian forces at the Gallipoli capture in WW1


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