2019 Calendar of events
Thursday 25 April 2019 ANZAC Day
Dawn ServiceANZAC Day March
Sydney contact for descendants:
Greg Cowle, President, Australian World War One Descendants (AWWOD)
Contact: greg@awwod.org.auCommemoration at the Anzac Memorial
Sunset service at the Cenotaph, Martin Place
Friday 31 May 2019 Boer War Day
Commemoration at the Anzac Memorial27 May – 3 June, National Reconciliation Week
TBC, The Indigenous Veterans Commemoration Service at State War Memorial, Kings Park Botanic Gardens, PerthTBC, The Indigenous Veterans Commemoration Service at ANZAC Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney
Friday 19 July Fromelles Day – Sydney
10:10 for Commemorative Procession from Archibald Fountain
10:40 for Commemoration at the Anzac Memorial
Contact: rsvp@fffaif.org.auFriday 19 July Fromelles Day – Melbourne
1:30pm Wreath Laying at the Cobbers Statue, Shrine of Remembrance
Contact: TBASunday 28 July 2019 Fromelles Association AGM
10:30 at Castle Hill RSL Club (TBC)
Contact: Royce Atkinson, President, Fromelles Association
royceatkinson@hotmail.comPozieres Day Commemoration, Sunday 21 July 2019, Sydney
9:30am at Saint Columba Uniting Church
corner Ocean and Forth Streets, Woollahra,
Contact: First Battalions AssociationSaturday 10 August 2019, FFFAIF John Laffin Memorial Lecture series
Anzac Memorial, Sydney
Contact: rsvp@fffaif.org.auThursday 26 September 2019, Commemoration of the Battles of Third Ypres
10:40 for 11:00 Commemoration at the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney
Contact: rsvp@fffaif.org.auSaturday 9 November 2019, FFFAIF AGM
11am Anzac Memorial, Sydney
Contact: rsvp@fffaif.org.auSaturday 9 November 2019, WFA Branch Lecture Series
1pm Anzac Memorial, Sydney
Contact: Paul Simadas, Co-Chair of the Western Front Association at wfaaustraliabranch@gmail.comMonday 11 November 2019, Remembrance Day
Commemoration at the Anzac Memorial, SydneyDates in History
December
31 December 1914 The second convoy of the First AIF departed Albany Western Australia.January
9 January 1917 Light Horse captures Rafa.
17 January 1917 No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps sail for France
18 January 1919 Versailles Peace Conference opensFebruary
3 February 1915 Turkish forces attack the Suez Canal
5 February 1917 Captain H.W. Murray wins Victoria Cross in France
19 February 1915 Allied warships shell DardanellesMarch
17 March 1917 Australians occupy Bapaume, Western Front
18 March 1915 Allied fleet second attempts to breach Turkish defences of Dardanelles
20 March 1916 Anzac Corps land in France
21 March 1918 Final German offensive begins
26 March 1917 Captain Cherry, 26th Battalion wins VC at Lagnicourt
28 March 1918 Sergeant McDougall, 47th Battalion wins VC at Dernancourt
31 March 1921 Formation of the Australian Air Force-
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- The Families and Friends of the First AIF supports DNA testing on the remains of Australian and British soldiers found on the battlefields of the Great War and efforts to identify as many of the fallen as is possible.
Category Archives: Australian Flying Corps
Smithy's Anniversary
Charles Kingsford Smith 1897 – 1935 This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the death of one of Australia’s most famous aviators – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Many recognize him as the face on the A$20 note but few know … Continue reading →
Over The Front
over the front – the Great War in the Air is an exhibition now open at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The exhibition reflects the part Australians played in the air battles over the battlefields of the Western Front. … Continue reading →
AIF takes to the air.
In September 1912 Government approval was given for the establishment of an Australian military flying school. The Central Flying School was based at Point Cook in Victoria. At the commencement of the Great War the Australian Flying Corps was formed … Continue reading →