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rest gully / CANTERBURY GULLY
"Canterbury or Rest Gully, a small opening off Shrapnel Valley between Plugge's Plteau and Russell's top where the battalions "rested from their stints at Quinn's and Courtney's Posts.", period picture reproduced from "Gallipoli, The New Zealand Story", (Auckland 1998), Christopher Pugsley, p. 232
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"Rest Gully-showing 5th Australian Field ambulance", reproduced from a period picture (Başar Eryoner - private collection)
A small gully
between Plugge’s Plateau and Shrapnel Valley, where the Canterburry Infantry
Battalion rested when in reserve from Quinn’s Post. Often shown on the map as
Rest Gully.
"The New Zealanders at Gallipoli", (Auckland 1921), Major Fred Waite, p. 319.