Who was the youngest Anzac soldier to die at Gallipoli?
The youngest (Australian) soldier to die at Gallipoli was Private No. 1553, 21st Battalion, James MARTIN. He was 14. He died of enteric fever contracted at Gallipoli, aboard a Hospital ship on 25th October 1915. A book has just been published in Australia on his life. The oldest to die at Gallipoli appears to have been Major Frank Chapman, of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, NZEF. He was killed in action on Rhododendron Ridge, during the assault on Chunuk Bair, 8th August 1915, aged 57.
