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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Author Archives: FFFAIF
FFFAIF 2021 John Laffin Memorial Lecture, 25 September 2021
The John Laffin Memorial Lecture has been held annually since 2003. The Lectures honour the memory of the Founder of FFFAIF, Australian John Laffin who was one of the world’s most distinguished military historians. Both of John’s parents served with … Continue reading
Commemoration of the Battles of 3rd Ypres in 2021
43 Divisions of British and Dominion troops were involved in the Battles of Third Ypres. I ANZAC Corps, consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Australian Divisions, and II ANZAC Corps consisting of the 3rd Australian Division, the New … Continue reading
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CONTENTS Articles 2nd Lieut William Harold Treloar, AFC, Heather Ford 3-9 Sister Ella Lord, AANS, contrib. by Faye Threlfall 10-12 1916 letter: L/Cpl 1524 Frederick McCann, 15th Bn, found on Trove 12 Pte 1515 Eugene Sullivan, 9th Fld Amb, Harold … Continue reading
Fromelles Day 2021 Commemorations @ Sydney, Melbourne and Fromelles
19 July was the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles, the first engagement of the Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front following the withdrawal from Gallipoli. It was and remains the largest loss of Australian life in a … Continue reading
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CONTENTS Articles The PNG grave of Lieut Col Maurice Wilder-Neligan, 9th & 10th Bns, Greg Knight 3-7 Dvr 2098 Cecil Barram, 5th FAB, Lynora Conley 8-12 Nurses at the wartime wedding of Sr Nell Pike and Cpl 4414 Charles Laffin, … Continue reading
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Contents Articles L/Cpl 9641 Edward McCoy, AASC/43rd Bn, Peter Bartley 3-5 1918 letter: Pte 7444 George Parry, 42nd Bn, found on Trove 6-7 WWI poems of Spr NX6925 Herbert Beros, 2/6 FC RAE, Greg Knight 8-10 The Manly War Memorial, … Continue reading
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Contents Articles Family connections: Pte 4642 Robert Erickson, 13th Bn; Pte 2361 Harry Le Clerc, 3rd Bn; Sgt 639 Arthur Le Clerc, 13th Bn; Pte 13805 Harold Le Clerc, 4th FAmb; Spr 9902 Thomas Le Clerc, 9th FCE, L/Cpl 1528 … Continue reading
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Contents Articles Cpl 4633 Marcus Anderson, 11th Bn/2nd FSC RE, Andrew Pittaway 3-15 Pte 44 George Bonney, 32nd Bn, contrib. by Reg Bonney 16 Armistice Day 1918 memories, Pte 813 Jack White, 4th MG Bn 17 The work of the … Continue reading
Honorary Patron – General (Retd) the Honourable David Hurley AC CVO DSC (Retd)
General (Retd) the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC retired from the role of Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia in July 2024 during which time he also was FFFAIF Patron-in-Chief, a role he held from 2019 when he succeeded the … Continue reading
Inaugural Patron-in-Chief – The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO
The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO retired from the role of Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia in March 2014 and stepped down as FFFAIF Patron-in-Chief, a role she held from February 2009. Dame Quentin has accepted an Honorary … Continue reading