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
*Fromelles Video News
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) website remembering Fromelles now includes an informative video on the progress of the excavation of the mass graves at Pheasant Wood. Photo: Australian archaeologist Ambika Flavel [Tim Loveless OA] Included in the video is … Continue reading
*Pics Fromelles Service
The 93rd Anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles was commemorated in France at three services held at significant locations at Fromelles on Sunday 19 July 2009. Thanks to the generosity of members and supporters of the FFFAIF in France who … Continue reading
*DNA and Family Trees.
The posting of 17 June DNA Contractor appointed advised of the appointment of LGC Forensics to collect and analyse DNA samples from the remains of the British and Australian soldiers buried by the Germans at Pheasant Wood following the Battle … Continue reading
Fromelles News Stories
As outlined in the 10 July posting Fromelles Claims Response, there have been a number of recent media articles reflecting on aspects of the exhumation, identification and reinterment of the Australian soldiers at Fromelles. This posting provides an update on this … Continue reading
Pozieres Service
An INVITATION to attend THE FIRST BATTALION ASSOCIATION’s POZIERES MEMORIAL SERVICE at Saint Columba Uniting Church Ocean & Fourth Street Woollahra (Sydney) on Sunday 26th July 2009 During the service the Colours of the 1st Battalion RNSWR will be … Continue reading
Fromelles' Services: :in Sydney
Remembering Fromelles in Sydney A Commemoration Service on the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles was held at the ANZAC Memorial at Hyde Park in Sydney on Sunday 19 July 2009. Photo: Gathering prior to Commemorative Service On a … Continue reading
:in Melbourne
Remembering Fromelles in Melbourne The Shrine of Remembrance was the site of Melbourne’s Commemorative Service for the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. Photo: Fromelles Commemorative Service (l to r) Tim Whitford, Lambis Englezos, Guillaume Moreel, Major General Mike … Continue reading
:in France
Remembering Fromelles in France Commemorations at Fromelles 93rd Anniversary The Battle of Fromelles Sunday 19th July 2008 The village of Fromelles in northern France once again commemorated the anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. Separate commemorations were held at VC … Continue reading
*Fromelles' Update
UPDATE ON PROGRESS AT FROMELLES Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that the project to recover and re-inter Australian and British World War One soldiers discovered in France remains on track. Over 100 sets of … Continue reading
*2009 Memorial Lecture
John Laffin Memorial Lecture The 2009 John Laffin Memorial Lecture provided an opportunity for more than 50 members of the FFFAIF to gather at the Ashfield RSL to hear this year’s guest speakers’ insights into the actions at Gallipoli during … Continue reading