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{{Short description|WWI CWGC cemetery in Gallipoli, Turkey}}
{{Infobox military memorial
|name= Plugge's Plateau
|body= [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]
|image=[[Image:Plugge's Plateau Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.JPG|300px|right]]
|use_dates=April–May 1915
|established=1915
|designer= Sir [[John James Burnet|John Burnet]]
|coordinates=
|nearest_town=Gallipoli, Turkey
|total= 21
|unknowns= 5
|by_country=[[Allies of World War I|Allied Powers]]:
* [[Australia]]n: 12
* [[New Zealand]]: 8
|by_war=
[[World War I]]: 21
|source=[http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=66900&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission]}}
'''Plugge's Plateau Cemetery''' is the smallest [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. It contains some of soldiers killed during [[World War I]] during the [[Battle of Gallipoli|battles at Gallipoli]], was an eight-month campaign fought by Commonwealth and French forces against Turkish forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front (France/Belgium) and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.
Plugge's Plateau was located at the top of a steep 100 metre hill overlooking [[ANZAC Cove]] and [[Shrapnel Valley Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Shrapnel Valley]] and was captured on 25 April 1915 shortly after the landing, by the 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade of the [[First Australian Imperial Force|AIF]].
The plateau was later named by the invading troops after 37-year-old [[Arthur Plugge|Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Plugge]] commanding officer of the Auckland Infantry Battalion of the [[New Zealand Expeditionary Force]], who established his headquarters there.
It became a strongpoint within the ANZAC Inner Defence Line and the ANZAC headquarters were constructed lower down on the seaward side of the hill. An artillery position and a water reservoir were also sited on it. The Turkish forces named it ''Hain Tepe'' (Treacherous Hill) because of the effect of the artillery battery located on it. The cemetery is located on the North-West corner, and of the identified remains 12 are troops killed on the day of the landing and the rest are from nearby field artillery positions.
==References==
* {{cwgc cemetery|66900}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/2visiting/cemeteries/plugges.html |work=Visit Gallipoli - Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs |title=Plugge's Plateau Cemetery |accessdate=2008-08-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722183422/http://anzacsite.gov.au/2visiting/cemeteries/plugges.html |archivedate=July 22, 2008 }}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C21205 |title=Arthur Plugge Watkins |via=Online Cenotaph |publisher=[[Auckland War Memorial Museum]] |access-date=7 July 2022}}
==External links==
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
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[[Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Gallipoli]]