The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 played an important part in making New Zealand the nation it is today. The heavy sacrifice of life has affected the country for generations, and annual rememberances of Anzac Day are still dominated by these battles ninety years ago. It has been over twenty years since the last book to tell the full story of Gallipoli from the New Zealand perspective; now we have a fresh new account that adds significantly to our understanding of what happened during those fateful months.
Lieutenant-Colonel Terry Kinloch has held a commission in the New Zealand Army since 1983. He has completed operational tours in Bougainville, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Egypt. He spent much if his regimental career in Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles, an armoured unit that is the last Regular Force link to New Zealand’s horsemounted units. This is his second book about the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in the First World War, completing the story begun in the author’s acclaimed first book Echoes of Gallipoli. Lieutenant-Colonel Kinloch was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in 2006. He has recently returned from a posting in Washington D.C., as New Zealand’s staff officer in the American, British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Armies Program. He lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
Specifications: 242 x 184mm | cased with jacket, extensively illustrated with photographs and maps | 320pp
Also by Terry Kinloch: Devils on Horses
'It's a shame that Terry Kinloch didn't set himself to write the full story of Gallipoli, because he's an excellent writer, and his Echoes of Gallipoli – the first of two books about New Zealand's mounted riflemen in World War I – is a gripping tale.' New Zealand Listener
‘What’s this? Cavalry on the slopes of Chunuk Bair? No, not really. The poor buggers in the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade had to leave their horses behind in Egypt, then fight on foot like everyone else at Gallipoli. They were in the thick of it for seven months of sheer grinding hell. Kinloch, a keen equestrian who served in New Zealand’s last mounted forces unit in the 1980s, tells their story with special sympathy, with generous quotes from diaries and letters.’ Sunday Star-Times
‘Top quality and eminently readable. Strongly recommended.’ The Star (Dunedin)
‘Soldier Terry Kinloch tells his story through the eyes of men of the Mounted Rifles Brigade, who left their horses in Egypt and fought as infantrymen. He uses diaries and letters to blend personal experience into historical happenings. The result is a remarkable narrative, enhanced by excellent illustrations.’ The Ensign
‘The men of the NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade played an important role at Gallipoli and this well-illustrated book tells both their magnificent tale and reminds us that of the 8556 soldiers who served at Gallipoli, 2721 died and 4752 were wounded.’ Citymix
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