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Anzac Day was first commemorated at the Australian War Memorial in 1942, but, due to government orders preventing large public gatherings in case of Japanese air attack, it was a small affair and was neither a march nor a memorial service. Anzac Day has been annually commemorated at the Australian War Memorial ever since.
"On Anzac eve we dug in among friends. At last I felt like an Anzac, and I imagine there were 600 others like me, " — Captain Reg Saunders , said following the withdrawal during the Battle of Kapyong
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Every year on 25 April, an Anzac Day Dawn Service is conducted at the memorial by the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs. The service commences at 5.30am and is followed by community services in Villers-Bretonneux and Bullecourt. The cemetery originally included 60 hornbeam trees, planted in 1928. These were removed in 2009 ...
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1915 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles. 1916 – Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
Anzac Day is a day of remembrance in Queensland, Australia. It is a public holiday held on 25 April each year. It is a public holiday held on 25 April each year. The date is significant as the Australian and New Zealand troops (the ANZACs ) first landed at Gallipoli in World War I on 25 April 1915.