KEY DATES OF THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN:
1914
November 1 - First convoy of Australian and New Zealand troops departs for Europe from Albany, Western Australia
5 - The United Kingdom declares war on Turkey
1915
January 13 - British War Council approves naval operation to the Dardanelles
March 18 - French and British naval operation fails
22 - Britain decides to launch land campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula
April 25 - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) land at Anzac Cove, more than 1700 casualties evacuated in first 24 hours
26 - Australian submarine HMAS AE2 is first Allied vessel to sneak through the Dardanelles
27-29 - Anzac troops survive Turkish attempts to drive them into the sea
May 5 - Turkish shell Anzac Cove in what's known as "Beachy Bill", resulting in more than 1000 casualties
8 - Anzac troops join British attack at Helles, losing 1000 men out of 2000.
15 - Major General WT Bridge, commander of the Australian 1st Division is mortally wounded, later dies on May 18, 1915.
19 - Australian legend John Simpson Kirkpatrick, famed for rescuing fallen troops with his donkey, is killed
24 - Armistice declared for nine hours to bury dead soldiers in no man's land
August 6 - The major battle of the Gallipoli campaign, the August Offensive begins
6 - The six-day Lone Pine diversion starts
7 - Four waves of men in Australia's 3rd Light Horse Brigade wiped out at the Battle of the Nek
8 - New Zealand and English forces gain foothold at vital outpost Chunuk Bair
10 - Turkish troops force Allied servicemen off Chunuk Bair
21-29 - The Battle for Hill 60 ends with major casualties, August Offensive fails
November 22 - English Secretary of State for War Horatio Kitchener recommends evacuation of Anzac Cove and Suvla
27 - Blizzard hits Gallipoli peninsula, reinforcing the need to evacuate
December 9-18 - More than 16,000 troops evacuated from Anzac Cove mostly at night
18-20 - Remaining 20,000 Australia and New Zealand soldiers withdrawn
20 - Evacuation of Anzac Cove and Suvla completed before dawn.
