Heroes of Gallipoli

The Heroes of Gallipoli: the Gallantry of New Zealanders on Gallipoli

 Richard Stowers

John Douglas Publishing - David Bateman Publishers - $75.00

With the centenary of the First World War upon us in 2015, Stowers decided to write this book to increase the awareness of the unpretentious gallantry and service by New Zealanders during the Gallipoli campaign, and to help expose the marked disparity in numbers of honours and awards to New Zealanders compared to Australia and Britain. In total, there were 549 honours and awards awarded to 360 individual New Zealand recipients, including 24 nurses.

The book tells the story of the Gallipoli campaign through the eyes of the gallant New Zealanders. In all, there is an introduction followed by numerous chapters telling chronologically the battles and different aspects of the campaign from 25 April 1915 through to 20 December.

The book covers: • The Battle of the Landing • Dead Man’s Ridge • Disaster at the Daisy Patch • Holding the heights • Defending the tops at Courtney’s and Quinn’s Posts • The August Offensive • Unconquerable on Chunuk Bair • The Turkish counter-attack • The needless carnage on Hill 60 • The deadlock in the trenches until the final evacuation – each is backed up with photographs and biographical details of gallant award winners.

There’s a bio on each of the 360 recipients including full citations, recommendations, newspaper quotes, and letter and diary quotes. There are many names which became household names: Malone, Godley, Wallingford, Cunningham, and Plugge.

This book will be a valuable companion volume to Richard’s earlier book Bloody Gallipoli which he published in 2005, and will add greater to our understanding of the sheer tenacity and bravery our men and women who were decorated for distinguished service during the Gallipoli campaign.

About the author:

Richard Stowers a graphic designer and historian who lives in the Waikato. He has written several military books, especially Bloody Gallipoli (2005), Waikato Troopers (2008) and Von Tempsky and the Forest Rangers (2012), and on New Zealand aviation history during the Second World War: Bomber Barron (2009), Cobber Kain (2010) and Wellingtons over the Med (2012). Recently he co-authored Waipa, Home of Champions. 

BOOK SIZE: 210mm x 275mm

EXTENT: 440 pages

BINDING: Casebound

ILLUSTRATIONS: 400 photos, 11 maps

ISBN   978-0-9941059-5-0