2025 Calendar of events
25 April Anzac Day
FFFAIF has traditionally supported AWWOD organising descendants’ participation in the Sydney Anzac Day March.ABC Radio coverage of the Canberra Dawn Service and National Ceremony will be heard on local ABC Radio, RN and on the ABC Listen app from 5.30am – 6.00am. This will incorporate a minute’s silence at approximately 5.50am to synchronise the dawn drive-way vigils.
TV broadcasts of Sydney Dawn Service, Canberra Dawn Service and National Ceremony and Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance Service will all be live from 4.30am AEST on ABC TV and ABC NEWS channels, on iview, and streamed live on ABC Australia Facebook and YouTube.
State TV broadcasts of capital city marches and dawn services will also be streamed live on ABC capital city Facebook accounts and on the ABC’s capital city local radio websites.
Every capital city will have live coverage of a local march, however coverage of capital city dawn services will vary in each state. Broadcasts times can be found on the ABC Anzac Day website.
Gallipoli Day /ANZAC Day services will be held in the UK, including:
a Dawn Service at Hyde Park Corner and later the annual Service of Commemoration with a wreath laying at the Cenotaph followed by a Service held at Westminster Abbey;
Baverstock, Codford, Fovant and Sutton Veny on the Salisbury Plain; and at about 15 other locations in England and Scotland;
Also at the Menin Gate, Ieper; and
Fromelles FranceSaturday 3 May Australian Western Front Association, Gallipoli Association, FFFAIF Lecture Day
Saturday 19 July Fromelles Day Commemoration in Sydney at the Anzac Memorial and
Melbourne Wreath-laying at the Shrine of Remembrance and Ipswich in QueenslandSunday 27 July Pozieres Service St Columba Woollahra TBC
Friday 26 September Commemoration of the Battles of 3rd Ypres
Sunday 19 October War Widows Day
Tuesday 11 November Remembrance Day
Saturday 15th November FFFAIF AGM and John Laffin Memorial Lecture Day
Venue: Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney and AGM On-line Zoom Meeting-
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ANZAC DAY
98th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landing 25th APRIL 2013 Read more about Anzac Day and it’s traditions by visiting the Australian War Memorial website. Read about and watch the Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial by clicking here.
Museum Opening Delayed
Construction continues on the new Fromelles Museum commemorating the Battle of Fromelles, 1916 . Delays in the project have resulted in a postponment of the opening of the museum as it will not be completed in time for the 97th anniversary … Continue reading
Winter at Hill 60
The low temperatures and the snows of the European winter have been captured in this photo from Belgium member, Johan Durnez taken on 13th January 2013 of Caterpillar Crater at Hill 60. Photographer: Filip Vanhauwaert
Winter comes to Fromelles
Winter has arrived in Fromelles with -10 degree C, temperatures and snow. Photos kindly shared by FFFAIF member Carole Laignel.
BOOK FAIR OPENS TODAY
FFFAIF members are invited to come and shop at the on-line book fair in the Members’Area from 12 n00n (Eastern Summer Time) Saturday 12th January, 2013. To access to the Members’ Area you will need the 2012/13 password. Then go … Continue reading
Nursing home honours fallen
A new nursing home, Fromelles Manor, was opened in Lismore, NSW, on 6 December by the French Consul-General of Australia, M. Eric Berti. M.Berti said at the opening: “The people of France have not forgotten what Australia did for their country. … Continue reading
Season’s Greetings
The Management Committee of the FFFAIF is taking a break for the next month or so and the office will be, as they say, ‘unattended’ until 28 January 2013. The next scheduled Committee Meeting of the FFFAIF will be held … Continue reading
Johan Durnez OAM
FFFAIF member Johan Durnez has been honoured by Her Excellency , The Governor General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO with an OAM. FFFAIF members Carole Laignel and Johan Durnez. The award was gazetted on 30 November 2012: For service to … Continue reading
Progress at Fromelles
Construction continues on the site of the new Fromelles Museum. The following photo collection has once again been kindly supplied by FFFAIF member Carole Laignel.
Farewell, Dear People
FFFAIF member and author Ross McMullin will be in Sydney in the coming week to talk about his most recent book Farewell, Dear People: Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation. Ross describes the book as being ‘strongly in tune with FFFAIF objectives and … Continue reading