621 Australians died on the 25 April 1915, 59 of them from the 11th Battalion. Of those 59 men of the 11th Battalion who died on the day of the 'Landing' only 13 have known graves. These are the cemeteries where the first to fall, all those who died on 25 April 1915 are buried.

• Baby 700 Cemetery
• Lone Pine Cemetery
• The Lone Pine Memorial
• Plugge's Plateau Cemetery
• Shrapnel Valley Cemetery 

Baby Cemetery 700

'Baby 700' Cemetery was named after the hill, 'Baby 700', that was part of the Sari Bair range connecting Russell's Top with Battleship Hill ('Big 700'). On the maps used at Gallipoli, the hill was mistakenly marked as being 700 feet above sea level, hence its name, whereas in fact its correct height is only 590 feet. Baby 700 was the objective of the 3rd Australian Brigade on the first day of the land campaign, and was taken early on the morning of April 25th by troops from the 11th and 12th Battalions, AIF. Later in the morning they were reinforced by part of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, NZEF, but were forced to abandon their positions in the afternoon. Despite attempts to retake the hill in May and August, it was never again held by allied troops.

The cemetery was constructed after the end of the war in 1918. It contains a total of 483 allied graves: 23 Australian soldiers, 10 from New Zealand, one seaman from the Royal Naval Division, and 449 men whose units could not be determined. The names of 10 Australian soldiers, the details of whose burial in the cemetery are not clearly established, are recorded on special tablets.

Fourteen men of the AIF who were killed in action on 25 April 1915 are buried in Baby 700 Cemetery.

Commonwealth War Graves – Baby 700 Cemetery

Lone Pine Cemetery

The Lone Pine Cemetery is the second most southerly cemetery in the Anzac Area, which covers about 2.5 square miles and which, owing to the number of cemeteries it contains, was ceded in perpetuity by the Turkish government under the terms of the Treaty of Lausanne (1923). The plateau on which it is constructed was taken and passed at about 8 am on April 25th by part of the 9th Battalion, AIF, and subsequently by other Battalions. For several days its control swung backwards and forwards between Australian and Turkish troops, the Australians not consolidating their hold until August 10th. The cemetery is built over the original Turkish tunnels.

A total of 986 men are buried in Lone Pine Cemetery: 471 Australian soldiers, 2 New Zealand soldiers, 14 British soldiers, sailors or marines, and 499 whose names and units could not be determined. Special tablets record the names of a further 182 Australian soldiers and one British soldier, who are thought to have been buried either in the Lone Pine Cemetery or in the group of small cemeteries nearby at Brown's Dip which were subsequently relocated to Lone Pine.

Fifty-one men of the AIF who were killed in action on 25 April 1915 are buried in Lone Pine Cemetery.

Commonwealth War Graves – Lone Pine Cemetery

The Lone Pine Memorial

In the centre of the screen wall in front of the Memorial are inscribed the words:

'To the Glory of God and in lasting memory of 3,268 Australian soldiers who fought on Gallipoli in 1915 and who have no known graves, and 456 New Zealand soldiers whose names are not recorded in other graves on the Peninsula but who fell in the Anzac Area and have no known graves; and also of 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who, fighting on Gallipoli in 1915, incurred mortal wounds or sickness and found burial at Sea.'

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Four hundred and eighty seven members of the AIF who were killed in action on 25 April 1915 and who have no known grave, are commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.

Commonwealth War Graves – Lone Pine Memorial

Plugge's Plateau Cemetery

Plugge's Plateau (pronounced 'Pluggy's', after Colonel A. Plugge, Commanding Officer of the Auckland Battalion, NZEF, whose headquarters were subsequently established there) was captured on April 25th by the 3rd Infantry Brigade, AIF.

The cemetery is on the northwest corner of the plateau. It contains 21 graves: 12 Australian soldiers, 8 New Zealanders, and one grave whose details cannot be determined.

Seven men of the AIF who were killed in action on 25 April 1915 are buried in Plugge's Plateau Cemetery.

Commonwealth War Graves – Plugge's Plateau Cemetery

Shrapnel Valley Cemetery

Shrapnel Valley runs from the west side of the Lone Pine Plateau to the sea near Hell Spit, at the southern end of Anzac Cove. It obtained its name from the heavy shelling to which it was subjected by the Turks on April 26th.

The cemetery contains 660 graves: 506 Australian soldiers, 56 New Zealand soldiers, 26 from the United Kingdom, and 72 who could not be identified. The names of 21 Australian soldiers and 2 from the United Kingdom who are thought to be buried in the cemetery are recorded on special tablets.

Nine men of the AIF who were killed in action on 25 April 1915 are buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery.

Commonwealth War Graves – Shrapnel Valley Cemetery