ANZAC DAY. th 25 April.

Landing at Gallipoli
The landing at Anzac Cove was part of the invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian and New Zealand forces on 25th April 1915. The landing was made by soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (the ANZACs) and was the first significant combat of the war for the two countries. It was the start of a long 8 months.

Where is Gallipoli?
The Gallipoli peninsula is located in the eastern European part of Turkey.

The Landing

Troops lowering themselves into tow boats for the landing at Anzac, 6 am, 25 April 1915.

The Landing at Anzac - Gallipoli - 25th April 1915.

8,700 Australians and 2,700 New Zealanders died in the Casualties fighting Gallipoli cost many lives.
Of the dead, 8709 were Australians and 2701 were New Zealanders.

ANZAC Day
Anzac Day (25 April) is observed in New Zealand as a day of commemoration for those who died in the service of their country and to honour returned servicemen and women

The Dawn Service

The Dawn Service is one of the most popular observances of ANZAC Day. It is timed to coincide with the initial landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

A Typical ANZAC Day Service.

A typical observance includes a parade, the sounding of Last Post and Reveille, a minute's silence, the ANZAC Dedication, and Laurence Binyon's famous lines:

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.

Laurence Binyon
Robert Laurence Binyon was an English poet, dramatist (a play writer) and art scholar. His most famous work, For the Fallen, is well known for being used in Remembrance services.

Wreath-Laying Service
Children and young people play an important role on ANZAC Day as they represent the means of fulfilling the eternal pledge: We will remember them. The floral wreaths transform the thousands of war memorials throughout New Zealand into living memorials a visual reminder that New Zealanders continue to remember.

The Poppy
After the formal wreaths are laid, families lay their personal tributes. The Poppy the international symbol of remembrance makes an appropriate tribute.

ANZAC Day

Royal New Zealnad Navy personnel at the Dawn service at the Auckland War memorial Museum.
Todays servicemen and women honour the memory of their predecessors on ANZAC Day We will remember them The flag is lowered on another ANZAC Day.

What about the ANZAC Biscuit?

New Zealand and Australia share a tradition of Anzac Biscuits. Both countries claim to have invented them, but Anzac Biscuits are similar to many other older biscuit recipes that are designed to produce crisp, hard and nutritious biscuits that keep well. One of the food items that women in both countries sent to soldiers during the First World War was a hard, longkeeping biscuit that could survive the journey by sea, and still remain edible. These were known as Soldiers' Biscuits, but after the Gallipoli landings in 1915, they became known as Anzac Biscuits. Soldiers themselves may have made a similar form of biscuit from ingredients they had on hand: water, sugar, rolled oats and flour.