2026 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 23 May Australian Western Front Association, Gallipoli Association, Fromelles Association, FFFAIF Lecture Day
Sunday 19 July Fromelles Day Commemoration in Sydney at the Anzac Memorial and
Melbourne Wreath-laying at the Shrine of Remembrance and Ipswich in QueenslandSunday 26 July Pozieres Service St Columba Woollahra TBC
Saturday 26 September Commemoration of the Battles of 3rd Ypres
Monday 19 October War Widows Day
Saturday 7th November FFFAIF AGM and John Laffin Memorial Lecture Day
Venue: Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney and AGM On-line Zoom MeetingWednesday 11 November Remembrance Day
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Recent News
- Fromelles Day 2026 – Commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916
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- VALE Dame Marie Bashir: Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir, AD CVO
- Patron-in-Chief Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
- DIGGER 93
- 2025 FFFAIF Annual General Meeting and John Laffin Memorial Lecture series
- DIGGER 92
- Fromelles Day 2025 – Commemorating the 109th anniversary in Sydney of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916
Author Archives: FFFAIF
*Latest from Fromelles
The Australian Army Fromelles Project continues to post updates on the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood Fromelles. The latest update on the project was issued on 25 September and stated: Another milestone was achieved this week with the completion of … Continue reading
*48th Battalion History
FFFAIF member Neville Browning’s book LEANE’S BATTALION: 48th Battalion A.I.F. 1916-1919 is now available. LEANE’S BATTALION is the History of the 48th Battalion A.I.F. in World War 1, from its formation in Egypt in 1916 to its war service on … Continue reading
FFFAIF 2010 Tour
FFFAIF WESTERN FRONT COMMEMORATIVE TOUR The Families and Friends of First AIF inaugural Commemorative Tour will spend 14 days on the Battlefields of the Western Front from 14th July – 27th July 2010. During the tour FFFAIF members will have … Continue reading
Book Links No. 3
RECENT NEWS Item: Book Auction 27 September listed the books for auction on eBay to raise funds for the FFFAIF Inc. with the final bidding taking place on Sunday 27 September. The books currently being auctioned can be seen on eBay by clicking … Continue reading
45th Battalion Plaque
INVITATION Dedication of a Memorial Plaque to the 45th Infantry Battalion Mortdale Memorial Park cnr Boundary Rd and Macquarie Place Mortdale, NSW. 11am Saturday 7th November, 2009 The 45th Infantry Battalion Association has arranged the installation and dedication of a … Continue reading
*Book Auction 27 Sept
The John Laffin Memorial Fund (JLMF) is again the beneficiary of the generosity of Craig Laffin and his family. Craig has donated a collection of books from the professional library of his father, the late John Laffin. These books include soldiers’ stories … Continue reading
Fromelles Board's Report
The joint announcement by the Australian and British Government on 3 September 2009 that Oxford Archaeology had completed the archaeological excavation of Pheasant Wood with the recovery of a total of 250 soldiers brings to a close the second stage … Continue reading
*Lambis' Award
On Thursday 3 September 2009 FFFAIF member Lambis Englezos joined 165 fellow recipients of Australian Honours and Awards at Victoria’s Government House to be presented with his AM and invested as a Member of the Order of Australia by Victorian Governor, Professor … Continue reading
Excavation Complete
FROMELLES EXCAVATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED Photo: Members of Oxford Archaeology Team including Australian Archaelogists Richard Wright (4th from left) and Ambika Flavel(rhs). [OA] Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science announced, on 10 September 2009, that the archaeological excavation at … Continue reading
*Book Links No. 2
RECENT NEWS Item: Book Auction 6 September listed the books for auction on eBay to raise funds for the FFFAIF Inc. with the final bidding taking place on Sunday 6 September. The books currently being auctioned can be seen on eBay by … Continue reading