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
- DIGGER 94
- 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
*Recovery of Soldiers
More information about the new cemetery planned for Fromelles has been made available by Warren Snowdon,The Minister for Minister for Defence Science and Personnel through the Department of Defence’s latest media release: Tuesday, 30 September 2008 137/2008 MINISTERS DISCUSS FROMELLES: RECOVERY OF … Continue reading
*New Cemetery Site
The Federal Government Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, visited Fromelles and Pheasant Wood, for the first time on Monday. Pheasant Wood is the burial site of approximately 400 Australian and British World War I soldiers. Mr Snowdon announced that … Continue reading
New Panels at Fromelles.
Three new information panels have recently been installed at the Australian Memorial Park at Fromelles. These will provide extra information to visitors and supplement the Ross Bastiaan bronze relief which shows the battlefield during the Battle of Fromelles in July … Continue reading
Loss of the AE1
A for Australian E for submarine class 1 for first submarine of Royal Australian Navy Fleet Photo: Australian Submarine AE1 [AWM H17537] This photo has been reproduced with the permission of the Australian War Memorial Ninety four years ago, on … Continue reading
Remembered
Keep a look out for this book, which is now appearing as a clearance item in bookstores: Remembered: The History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Remembered is described by the publishers as: A celebration of the human story behind … Continue reading
Elsewhere on the web
Worth a look: The BBC website has a specialised History area which includes an extensive range of topics including Ancient History, British History, World Wars and Recent History. To visit the BBC History site click here. Inside the BBC History … Continue reading
AGM & the Armistice
Members of the Families and Friends of the First AIF are invited to visit the Member’s Area and read the ‘Updates’ for the latest information on the upcoming Annual General Meeting. This year the AGM is being held in Canberra on … Continue reading
MP on Duty
Gain an insight into the work of the Australian Provost Corps during the Great War by visiting our newest web page, Military Police Post. Within these pages you will find Reports from Assistant Provost Marshall (APM) 1st ANZAC CORPS which have … Continue reading
AN & MEF Casualties
The first Australian casualties of the Great War were members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (A.N & M.E.F.). They were Able Seaman W G V Williams, a member of the 1st Battalion A.N & M.E.F and Captain … Continue reading