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utilised by the New
Zealand Division as a rest area
during World War 1.
Chailak Dere
Barracks commemorates an
action by the men of the
Wellington Mounted...
-
Mounted rifles without firing a shot, only
using their bayonets,
cleared the
Chailak Dere valley, then
advanced to
Aghyl Dere in the north.
Capturing Taylor's...
- it was
tasked with
attacking a spur
between the
hills of
Aghyl Dere and
Chailak Dere that led up to the
prominent hill of
Chunuk Bair. On the
night of...
- Top", the rest of the regiment, 173 all ranks,
reported to
Johnstone at "
Chailak Dere",
where they
ordered to hold the
position "to the last man" alongside...
- Battalion. The regiment,
together with the
Otago Mounted Rifles, was to
clear Chailak Dere valley, then
advance to
Aghyl Dere in the north. They also had to...
