By nightfall part of Point 175 had been captured at great cost. The casualties exceeded 400 and included more than 350 — about 100 of them killed or mortally wounded — in 25 Battalion alone. Eleven men were missing from 9 Platoon, and of these at least six (Daly, Ralfe, Lee, Horne, Johnston and Taylor) were dead. -Official History of 27 Battalion.
Timaru Cemetery.
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