Why are so many Gallipoli graves “unidentified”?
The high number of “unidentified” was a result of there being no opportunity between 1915 and 1919 to preserve the original timber grave markers and the absence of a Graves Registration Unit at Gallipoli in 1915. Also creating a problem was the original non-metal identification disks worn by troops of the British Empire & Commonwealth. They were pressed fibre and over time they simply disappeared.
