The GA is committed to supporting groups of young people on tours of the Gallipoli battlefields. One of our members, John White, organised a five day tour of the peninsula in September 2018. Stephen Chambers, our historian, accompanied the tour. It was a great success. Two of the cadets came to the GA AGM to talk about their experiences. They conducted themselves very well.

The cadets wait to cross from one continent to another.

One of the cadets later wrote:

We certainly enjoyed some good Turkish cuisine and some vibrant life in Çanakkale. We had some great views despite the generally overcast weather as we daily crossed over to the peninsula and back. We realised how important Gallipoli has become to the modern Turkish state in recognising this campaign as a significant Turkish and Muslim victory. We saw a good number of coaches with Turkish nationals visiting the battlefield. We also learnt about how the campaign brought Mustafa Kemal to prominence with him becoming Atatürk, the first President of modern Turkey from 1923.

We are very grateful for this tour and the opportunity to visit and learn about something which we really didn’t know anything about before we went.