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First Anzac Day parade in Sydney, along Macquarie Street, 25 April 1916. The date 25 April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916; in that year, it was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia, New Zealand and London. In New Zealand, it was gazetted as a half-day holiday.
- Dawn services, commemorative marches, remembrance services
- 25 April
- National day of remembrance and first landing of the Anzacs at Gallipoli
- Remembrance Day
Background. On 29 October 1914, two former German warships, the Ottoman Yavûz Sultân Selîm and Midilli, conducted the Black Sea raid, in which they bombarded the Russian port of Odessa and sank several ships. [15] . On 31 October, the Ottomans entered the war and began the Caucasus campaign against Russia.
- 19 February 1915 – 9 January 1916, (10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
- Ottoman victory
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Anzac Cove after the 1915 landing. Image credit: Imperial War Museum/Wikimedia The first Australians to approach Gallipoli were infantrymen from Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. In the darkness before dawn, they left the battleships behind in the Aegean Sea and rowed toward the shores of ‘Z beach’. Turkish forces opened fire befor...
Australian and New Zealand soldiers marching to Westminster Abbey, London, to commemorate the first Anzac Day, 25 April 1916. Image credit: National Library of Australia On 25 April 1916, small ceremonies were held around the world and throughout Australia to commemorate the Anzacs’ entrance into the war, and the lives of their fallen comrades. The...
ANZAC Day game between Collingwood and Essendon football teams, 25 April 2011.Image credit: Orderinchaos/Wikimedia Commons The Anzac Day footy clash between Essendon and Collingwood is a significant event on the Anzac Day calendar, regularly drawing crowds of over 80,000. However, the idea was not always so popular. All sporting games on Anzac Day ...
On 25 April 1981, Women Against Rape in War march up Anzac Parade towards the Australian War Memorial to lay their wreath at the Stone of Remembrance.Image credit: courtesy ACT Heritage Library (Canberra Times Collection), by Glen McDonald, 25 April 1981, Ref.008856 In the late 1960s, during the Vietnam War, anti-war protesters used Anzac Day event...
Former Prime Minister John Howard (pictured here in Iraq on 25 April 2004) was a strong proponent of Anzac Day commemorations. Image credit: Kate Geraghty/AFP/Getty Images On 25 April 1990, Bob Hawke became the first Australian politician to visit Gallipoli, in what historians see as a major milestone in the recovery of Anzac Day. In the hope of dr...
Woolworths’ ‘Fresh in our memories’ Anzac Day marketing campaign prompted a backlash in 2015, especially on social media. Image credit: @9NewsQueensland/Twitter The Centenary commemorations of WWI gave rise to a number of questionable Anzac marketing campaigns, the most notorious of which was Woolworths’ ‘Fresh in Our Memories’ campaign in 2015. Th...
Mar 13, 2024 · ANZAC Day, in Australia and New Zealand, holiday (April 25) that commemorates the landing in 1915, during World War I, of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ( ANZAC) on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Allies attempted to take control of the strategic Dardanelles from Turkey, allied with the Central Powers, in the so-called Dardanelles ...
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Australia and World War One. Irish ANZACs. The Irish ANZACs at Gallipoli. More Information. The Irish in Australia. Australian men signing up for war in 1914. (Australian War Memorial)
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Mar 25, 2016 · But a small number of Australians spent the first Anzac Day, April 25, 1916, fighting in the streets of Dublin after being hastily drafted into the British Army's effort to crush the insurgency. Dublin's GPO, the centre of activities during the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Courtesy GPO.
Posted by : Wesley Bourke. Australian Embassy Ireland, Gallipoli, Grangegorman Military Cemetery, New Zealand Embassy Ireland. No Comments. Anzac Day is the solemn national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand to remember all those soldiers who have fought and died for their country.