Anzac Day

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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

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Anzac Day 25 April is one of Australia s most important national occasions It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the

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The 25th of April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916 On the 25th of April 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula

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Australians commemorate Anzac Day on 25 April every year This is the anniversary of the day when Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed on Gallipoli in 1915 as part of the Allies

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Is it Anzac Day or ANZAC Day The Anzac acronym comes from the initial letters of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps into which Australian and New Zealand troops were

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First observed in 1916 Anzac Day 25 April commemorates those killed in war and honours returned servicemen and women The ceremonies held at war memorials around the country and in places

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Australians and New Zealanders still observe Anzac Day every April 25 to honor those who served in the doomed campaign in the Dardanelles and in 1985 the Turkish government

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By the 1930s Anzac Day was commonplace alongside formal commemorative ceremonies at war memorials and gradually it began to take into account the fallen Anzacs of 1941 who perished when

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25 April is the national day of commemoration of Australia and New Zealand for victims of war and for recognition of the role of their armed forces It marks the first major military action fought by