Ari Burnu Cemetery lies between Anzac Cove and the Anzac Commemorative Site where the annual Dawn Service occurs on 25 April at Gallipoli.
The Aegean Sea laps at its edge and large spreading oak trees provide shelter to people paying respects at the graves of World War I soldiers.
It is here that New Plymouth Leading Aircraftman James Fuller placed a poppy on the grave of his relative, Private James McKenzie Spence.
Leading Aircraftman Fuller, a Royal New Zealand Air Force drummer, is a member of the New Zealand Defence Force contingent conducting the Anzac Day services at Gallipoli. On Anzac Day, he kept the beat as the catafalque parties march into position at the Dawn Service and at the New Zealand National Service at Chunuk Bair later that morning.
Having taken part in commemorative activities in New Zealand, including the Armistice Day Sunset Ceremony at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Leading Aircraftman Fuller knows how special this opportunity is.