The Te Puke son of a Gallipoli veteran is joining the fight to get the children of those who fought in the battle to the centennial commemoration in Turkey next year.
Tim O'Brien initially believed he was guaranteed a ticket to the commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula in April next year but he was wrong.
Veterans' Affairs grossly underestimated the number of veterans' children alive and fit enough to handle camping out for the night, and walking the 8km from Gallipoli Cove to Chunuk Bair, Mr O'Brien said.
More than 190 children of those who fought on the peninsula applied for tickets but only 35 double passes were allocated.
Those not chosen in that ballot were left to compete with almost 10,000 others for one of the 100 double passes reserved for direct descendants, 100 double passes for veterans and 750 double passes for the general public.