 Ultimately the Gallipoli campaign was a disastrous failure . It did not achieve any of the objectives that had been given as a justification for it , and due to the inexperience of high commanders and mismanagement there were an unacceptably high number of casualties amongst the participating troops , not only from as a result of combat , but also due to widespread disease that resulted from poor sanitation and hygiene in the front lines and a breakdown in the casualty clearance and resupply and logistics systems . It has been estimated that over the course of the campaign there were 26 @,@ 111 Australian casualties with 8 @,@ 141 killed . Other Allied casualties — killed and wounded — included : 7 @,@ 571 New Zealanders , 120 @,@ 000 British and 27 @,@ 000 French . 
