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Gallipoli 100: Herbert A. Knight -20 years old when a Turkish sniper shot him

Herbert A. Knight, a young man who had shown great promise in his hometown of Wanganui, was shot down on May 8, 1915. Despite having already spent that day clambering around the hills at Gallipoli carrying ammunition up to the frontlines, he had volunteered to go out and bury a mule carcass. My great-great-uncle was just 20 years old when a Turkish sniper shot him through the heart. Like so many young men killed in World War I, he was among the cream of his generation.

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