Pink Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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Pink Farm Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased 1915-1916
Established1915
Location40°04′22″N 26°11′26″E / 40.0728°N 26.1906°E / 40.0728; 26.1906
near 
Total burials602
Unknowns
250
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: [1]

Pink Farm Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near the village of Krithia on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. It contains the remains of some of the allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli.

Sotiri Farm was named Pink Farm by the allied troops after the colour of the soil. Three cemeteries were constructed around the farm, and were combined on the site of Pink Farm Cemetery No 3, which contained 139 graves, after the Armistice and enlarged as bodies from other areas were brought to it.

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  • Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  • "Pink Farm Cemetery". Digger History. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
  • Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles at Find a Grave

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