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 War Memorial
AWM Plaques unveiled
Members of the FFFAIF were present at the Australian War Memorial on Tuesday 14 February for the dedication of commemorative plaques for the 2nd, 13th, 34th and 54th Australian Infantry Battalions. FFFAIF member and author of Our Gift to the … Continue reading
Plaque Dedications at AWM
During February 2012 two special dedication services will take place in the grounds of The Australian War Memorial, Canberra for Battalions of the First AIF. Dedication of plaques to commemorate the service and honour of the 2nd, 54th, 13th and 34th Battalions … Continue reading
*Anzac Day in Canberra
Families and Friends of First AIF member Kerry Patman from Sydney has written this report on her Anzac Day experience at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra: Photo: Entrance to Australian War Memorial Canberra early on Anzac Day I have not … Continue reading
*Gallipoli VCs
The Australian War Memorial has a special travelling exhibition to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign, This Company of Brave Men The Gallipoli VCs . Photo: Captain Albert Jacka VC MC with Bar, first Australian VC winner Gallipoli Peninsula [AWM No.A … Continue reading
*Mapping Gallipoli
The Australian War Memorial has over 300 maps from the Gallipoli campaign in its collection. Access to a selection of these maps is available through the AWM website at Mapping Gallipoli. Photo: Gallipoli Peninsula from Chunuk Bair [Munro Collection] The collection includes … Continue reading
*Gallipoli Conference
Do you want to learn more about the Gallipoli Campaign, especially the events surrounding the “August Offensive”? The Australian War Memorial is hosting an international conference with leading military historians from around the world to bring multi-national perspectives to the many questions … Continue reading
* Gallipoli 2010
25th April 2010 will be the 95th Anniversary of the landing of Australian troops on the shores of Gallipoli. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan Griffin, has recently announced a number of initiatives to commemorate the Anniversary including: Gallipoli’s Victoria Cross … Continue reading
1st Aust Tunnelling Co
Edgeworth David, Professor of Geology at Sydney University and Ernest Skeats, Professor of Geology at Melbourne University proposed formation of the Mining Corps to the Federal Government early in 1915 and by June 1916 the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company was operational … Continue reading
AWM Honour Roll Photos
The Australian War Memorial is home to The Australian Roll of Honour which records and commemorates the names of Australia’s war dead. It takes the form of bronze panels in the Memorial’s Commemorative Area and the Roll of Honour database, which is … Continue reading
A is for Animals
There is a new exhibition open until 22 July at the Australian War memorial called A is For Animals. The Australian War Memorial describes its exhibitions as offering: an A to Z of animals in war, from mascots and messengers … Continue reading