2015 £2 The Great War Gallipoli Campaign PNC

Gallipoli was the major theatre of war for Australian troops in 1915. The fought alongside New Zealand troops, with whom that had trained in Egypt. Organised into the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps before deployment to Gallipoli, the men formed a steadfast alliance in the trenches. The Gallipoli campaign would become, over time, crucial in shaping a strand of Australian national identity.