Battle of Lone Pine

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The Battle of Lone Pine was a fierce First World War engagement during the Gallipoli campaign in August 1915, noted for intense trench fighting and heavy casualties, particularly among Australian forces.

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instanceOf First World War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lone Pine Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lone Pine

Battle of the Lone Pine ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lone Pine
awards seven Victoria Crosses awarded to Australian soldiers ⓘ
belligerent Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ⓘ
casualties over 2,000 Australian casualties ⓘ
several thousand Ottoman casualties ⓘ
commander Brigadier General Harold Walker ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Rosenthal ⓘ
commemoratedOn Anzac Day ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date 1915-08-06 ⓘ
endDate 1915-08-10 ⓘ
forceInvolved Australian 1st Brigade ⓘ
Australian 2nd Brigade (support) ⓘ
Australian 3rd Brigade (support) ⓘ
front Western side of Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
location Anzac sector ⓘ
Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
memorial Lone Pine Cemetery ⓘ
Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing ⓘ
namedAfter solitary pine tree on the ridge ⓘ
notableFor close-quarters combat ⓘ
heavy casualties ⓘ
intense trench fighting ⓘ
use of covered Turkish trenches with timber roofs ⓘ
objective diversionary attack to support August Offensive ⓘ
opposingCommander Ottoman 16th Division commanders ⓘ
partOf August Offensive (Gallipoli) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli
preparation extensive tunnelling and sapping by Australian forces ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1915-08-06 ⓘ
strategicEffect limited impact on overall Gallipoli campaign outcome ⓘ
tacticalOutcome capture of main Turkish trench line at Lone Pine ⓘ
terrain narrow ridge with entrenched positions ⓘ
theatre Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfCombat hand-to-hand fighting ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
VictoriaCrossRecipient Alexander Stewart Burton ⓘ
Alfred Shout ⓘ
Frederick Tubb ⓘ
John Hamilton ⓘ
Leonard Keysor ⓘ
William Dunstan ⓘ
William Symons ⓘ

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Lone Pine Cemetery → battleSiteOf → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
Gallipoli 1915 → notableEngagement → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
1st Australian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
1st Division (Australia) → notableBattle → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Division
Battle of Lone Pine → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Lone Pine Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lone Pine
Battle of Lone Pine → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Lone Pine ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lone Pine
Battle of Chunuk Bair → precededBy → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
Battle of the Nek → relatedBattle → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
Australian Imperial Force → notableBattle → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
subject linked to: AIF