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
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- Fromelles Day 2025 – Commemorating the 109th anniversary in Sydney of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916
Author Archives: FFFAIF
Remembrance Tour Pt 2
Mackay North State High School’s Remembrance 2008 Commemorative Tour saw 32 students from the school visit the Western Front Battlefields as part of their recent tour. This was reported in the 14 October RECENT NEWS item Remembrance Tour. The culmination … Continue reading
*11th at Villers Bret.
Remembrance Day at Villers Bretonneux The Australian Memorial has once again become a focal point for Australian visitors on the Western Front for commemoration of the 90th anniversary of Armistice. Photo: Army bugler descending the stairs at V-B after playing … Continue reading
DNA testing approved.
In a press release on the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice – The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today announced that Britain and Australia had jointly agreed to attempt DNA extraction … Continue reading
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day at The Australian War Memorial The FFFAIF was represented by a large group, of approximately, 40 members and guests at the Remembrance Day Service at the Australian War Memorial. Officials and members of the public gathered in the … Continue reading
Australia Pauses…….
Australia Pauses to Remember Photograph by Robyn Munro Throughout Australia and across the world people paused at 11 o’clock on the 11 November to remember the sacrifices and services of those who gave so much for our freedom and way of … Continue reading
Le Hamel Re-dedicated
The Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, re-dedicated the Australian Corps Memorial at Le Hamel Memorial in northern France, on Saturday 8th November, 2008. The new memorial replaces the original Australian Corps Memorial … Continue reading
*AWM Anniversary.
The Australian War Memorial is a world class, award winning Museum celebrating its 67th anniversary next week. The Museum was officially opened on 11th November, 1941. Photo: Australian War Memorial, Canberra The Australian War Memorial is the result of the … Continue reading
First World War Relics.
With the example set by C.E.W. Bean and the instruction given by Lord William (Field Marshal) Birdwood the soldiers of the AIF became avid souvenir hunters and collectors. One of the most infamous of the AIF collectors was John ‘Barney’ … Continue reading
90th Anniversary.
Next Week – 90th Anniversary 11 November 2008 is the 90th Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice which brought about the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front. When news of the end of the war reached the members … Continue reading
AGM – What's to see?
Members of the Families and Friends of the First AIF and other visitors to Canberra, in the coming weeks, will have the opportunity to visit the following exhibitions: ‘Advancing to Victory’ on at the Australian War Memorial. The exhibition features key … Continue reading