ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day is the anniversary of the landing of troops from Australia and New Zealand on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, in World War I on April 25, 1915. The bravery of all military personnel who participated in this campaign and the lives of those...
but no ceremony matches the emotion and feeling like the one undertaken at the Gallipoli site in Turkey each year. This year I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend thanks to Intrepid Travel who sponsored my spot on theirAnzac Day Overnight Tour. ...
There is clearly a ‘you’ addressed in its pages. ‘We often think of the people at home & wonder what you are all doing,’ she writes after describing a concert given by the troops, the first day out of Australian waters, ‘& if you could only see us all doing the grand you wo...
It had been intended that the ANZAC infantry would be provided with artillery support during the landings on 25thApril 1915. Two mountain batteries were to be put ashore before 9am and the rest of the corps’ artillery batteries to be landed during the day. Arrangements were made for the ...