Tag: Anzac Day

Anzac day is celebrated every year and many have adopted their own traditions. Two military officers reflect on what it means to them.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Despite fighting and dying for Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders still weren’t considered citizens upon their return from the war.

Hard wearing nourishment for the diggers on the front line in the First World War, it has since evolved into today’s more palatable and much loved Anzac biscuit.

London's Anzac Day Dawn Service is a solemn coming together of Aussie and Kiwi expats in a unified ceremony of remembrance. It will be followed by events at the Cenotaph and Westminster Abbey

"I am not going to single out the comments of one person and ascribe it to a people, whether in Turkey or across Australia. I don’t think it does reflect the views of the Turkish people, or certainly of Turkish Australians,” says Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

SPECIAL FEATURE: The role of women in the Anzac tradition is not just about the “one day” and fair recognition of women’s sacrifice and service; it’s also about how we understand quintessential “Australian” characteristics.

The Anzac Spirit continues to have meaning and relevance for our sense of national identity. It moulds and shapes who we are as Australians. In an essence, it still continues to define us.

Thousands of Aussie and Kiwi expats in London come together each year to mark Anzac Day. It is a solemn and emotional experience. Here's where and when the major ceremonies, including the Dawn Service, will be taking place.

The Turkish government's controversial "renovation" work on memorials at Gallipoli has raised fears that an Islamist re-write of Anzac history is underway.

There are several reasons for the low attendance at this year's ceremony at the site of the Anzac legend. Tearful Julie Bishop leads the Aussie tributes.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Turnbull, who has had talks with senior administration figures in the past few days, is anxious to get a first-hand feel for Trump.

Commemorations in London to mark Anzac Day 2017, including Dawn Service.

Anzac Day 2016 commemorations in London attended by thousands of Aussie and Kiwi expats, as well as a solemn Prince Harry.

“Reconsider your need to travel” is the advice for Australian travellers to Istanbul and Ankara.

Travelling abroad is an opportunity to reflect on the country we’ve left behind, and appreciate how lucky we really are to be Australian.

AUSTRALIA DAY | Contrary to popular opinion 26 January is not the date NSW was established, nor was it the date the First Fleet first set foot on Australian soil. MARK TEDESCHI QC examines the true history behind this important date.

Australian war graves in London cemetery desecrated by vandals, bringing local councillor to tears.

Like Anzac Day 100 years ago, the centenary commemoration of the Gallipoli landings will always be remembered.

Many of my British friends have asked me why I’ll be waking up at 3am to attend one of the Anzac Day Dawn Service in London.

There's been a lot of kerfuffle about the alleged misuse of the Anzac brand, writes Tess Lawrence in a (mostly) satirical look at the Anzac Day cashcow.

ANZAC DAY 2015: Comprehensive list of commemorative services being held across the UK and Ireland to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign.

'Field Punishment No.1' is the hard hitting new drama about the New Zealanders who refused to be conscripted during World War 1. It's the Anzac tale you have never been told.

Information about official events in London commemorating the Centenary of Anzac Day and the Gallipoli landings.

Anzac advertising campaign by ‘fresh food people’ Woolworths hastily pulled and buried after social media slap down.

London Aussies and Kiwis gather to honour the Anzac tradition.

ANZAC DAY | A crowd of 4500 gathered at Villers-Bretonneux in northern France to pay respects to fallen Australian soldiers.

ANZAC DAY | The royal couple have planted a tree that was derived from a pine cone taken from Gallipoli almost 100 years ago.

ANZAC DAY | Pilgrims camped overnight to attend the Gallipoli dawn service, which heard that while the Anzacs were ordinary men they did extraordinary things in 1915.

Twenty-nine-year-old Benjamin Lesley Gillman, who served in Iraq in 2007, says he was proud to march alongside older diggers on Anzac Day in Sydney.

ANZAC DAY | US Secretary of State John Kerry says America will never forget the troops who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The Anzac generation were tested almost beyond endurance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have taken part in the Australian tradition of an Anzac Day dawn service.

ANZAC Day 2014 | Australians have been warned not to allow the "romance" of war to overshadow its brutal reality.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be the first royals in nearly 50 years to attend the national Anzac Day service in Canberra.

What ANZAC Day events take place in London and how you can pay your respects.

Organisers of an anti-war protest in Canberra deny the action is insensitive to the Anzac spirit and are willing to face criticism.

War widows supported in big charity fund-raiser at Australia House - Anzac Ball in London

The ballot to attend the 2015 dawn service at Gallipoli, marking 100 years since the campaign, has been delayed, and will now open in mid November.

The Australian government has contributed $700,000 to refurbishing the Franco Australian Museum in Villers-Bretonneux. The museum honours the contribution of Aussie diggers on the Western Front during World War One.

Join in a unique conversation about Australian identity from the perspectives of Australians abroad with the Australian Republican Movement’s ‘Being Australia(n)’ Q&A event on Thursday 27 June.

A 65-year-old man who disrupted the dawn service at Anzac Cove has been released from custody and won't face charges.

A protester has interrupted the annual dawn service at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli this morning, claiming that Australian police were trying to kill him.

Aussie and Kiwi expats came together to pay their respects at a dawn service in Hyde Park on a mild London morning.

ANZAC DAY IN LONDON | In a solemn and moving dawn service at the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, High Commissioner Mike Rann paid tribute to our fallen comrades, and the architects of who and what we are today. The full transcript of his address is below.

ANZAC DAY | "All of us linked across the world by the same duty to honour and remember, and by the same sense of the loss and waste of war."

"If you want to understand Australians, watch us on Anzac Day," says prime minister.

Anzac Day protester interrogated after disrupting dawn service at Gallipoli.

On Anzac Day we remember the stories of Australian spirit in the early years of our nation’s history.

Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders are expected to gather at services across London on Thursday 25 April 2013 to commemorate Anzac Day.

An Anzac Day message from Australian High Commissioner His Excellency Mike Rann to Australians living in the UK.