Johnston's Jolly was the north end of Plateau 400 in the ANZAC sector which was captured by the 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade on 25 April 1915, the day of the landing, but recaptured by Turkish forces the following day and remained under Turkish control for the rest of the campaign.
The Turkish name for the position was Kirmezi Sirt, Red Ridge, whilst the ANZAC troops called it Johnston's Jolly because it was opposite Colonel George Johnston's field artillery position which would be used to "jolly up" the defending Turks.[1]
The cemetery was constructed after the Armistice and populated with remains found on the surrounding battlefield. There is only one identified individual, although the nationalities of a few other graves are known and special memorials record the names of 36 Australian soldiers known to be buried in the cemetery.
johnston, jolly, commonwealth, graves, commission, cemetery, johnston, jolly, cemetery, commonwealth, graves, commission, cemetery, containing, remains, some, allied, troops, died, during, battle, gallipoli, johnston, jollycommonwealth, graves, commissionused,. Johnston s Jolly Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of some of the Allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli Johnston s JollyCommonwealth War Graves CommissionUsed for those deceased April December 1915Established1915Locationnear Gallipoli TurkeyTotal burials181Unknowns180Burials by nationAllied Powers Australian 3 New Zealand 1Burials by warWorld War I 181Statistics source Battlefields 1914 1918The battles at Gallipoli were an eight month campaign fought by British Empire and French forces against the Ottoman Empire in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea Johnston s Jolly was the north end of Plateau 400 in the ANZAC sector which was captured by the 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade on 25 April 1915 the day of the landing but recaptured by Turkish forces the following day and remained under Turkish control for the rest of the campaign The Turkish name for the position was Kirmezi Sirt Red Ridge whilst the ANZAC troops called it Johnston s Jolly because it was opposite Colonel George Johnston s field artillery position which would be used to jolly up the defending Turks 1 The cemetery was constructed after the Armistice and populated with remains found on the surrounding battlefield There is only one identified individual although the nationalities of a few other graves are known and special memorials record the names of 36 Australian soldiers known to be buried in the cemetery References editCemetery details Commonwealth War Graves Commission Johnston s Jolly Cemetery Digger History Archived from the original on 2008 07 05 Retrieved 2008 08 03 Johnston s Jolly Cemetery Battlefields 1914 1918 Retrieved 2008 08 03 Notes edit Charles Bean 1941 16 Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 1918 PDF Vol I 11 ed p 339 Retrieved 2008 08 03 External links editJohnston s Jolly Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Find a Grave nbsp 40 13 57 N 26 17 15 E 40 23250 N 26 28750 E 40 23250 26 28750 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johnston 27s Jolly Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery amp oldid 1140121814, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
