Great War Stories 2 - Hāmi Grace

At the top of Walker's Ridge, if you turn and look seawards, the beautiful Aegean sea stretches for miles all signifying peace and rest. Turn about and all the horrors of war greet you. Well, I'm glad it's not my country."

– Lieutenant Hāmi Grace on Gallipoli

Quite a few of our chaps were mixed up among the enemy and all were given a decent burial. The stench was something awful.

– A diary entry by Lieutenant Hāmi Grace about burying Kiwi soldiers at Gallipoli