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2 days ago · Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs.
1 day ago · Wed, 18 September 2024 12:00PM. Donnybrook man Russell Trigwell was honoured during a Last Post ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Sunday. Credit: Trigwell family. A Donnybrook sergeant whose plane was believed to have been shot down in World War II has been honoured at the Australian War Memorial.
4 days ago · Donnybrook Anzac honoured at Australian War Memorial. The Australian War Memorial in Canberra commemorated the service and sacrifice of Donnybrook resident Sergeant Russell Seymour Trigwell at the Last Post Ceremony on Sunday 15 September 2024. “Russell was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, and grew up in nearby Donnybrook.
3 days ago · Auditorium, Lower Ground Floor. 10 October 2024 - 10 October 2024. Discover what life is like as a soldier with an interactive experience at the Memorial these school holidays. Soldiers: How They Live displays a typical soldier’s sleeping and living arrangements in the field. Set around the soldier’s morning routine, this display gives ...
3 days ago · Caption: Each year on 25 April, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs conducts an Australian service at the Lone Pine Cemetery. The Lone Pine Memorial stands on the site of one of the fiercest offensives and overlooks the whole front line of May 1915. It commemorates more than 4,900 Australian and New Zealand servicemen who died in the Anzac ...
3 days ago · Anzac Day, observed on April 25th each year, solemnly commemorates the sacrifices of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers who fought and died at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I.
1 day ago · About the award. The Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Prize ($10,000) is for a work of non-fiction published as a book or e-book, publicly released or made available as a broadcast film, television or radio program, DVD, podcast, website or application for mobile/handheld devices, on the involvement of Australians in wars, campaigns, battles and/or peacekeeping operations represented ...
