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
Into No-man's Land
The 8th Brigade of the 5th Division of the AIF, consisting of the 29th, 30th, 31st and 32nd Battalions, fought at the Battle of Fromelles. 103 members of the brigade are listed among the Missing Diggers of Fromelles; 45 of … Continue reading
Brothers at Fromelles
The debate on the fate of the remains of the Missing of Fromelles continues. While awaiting further news updates on Pheasant Wood the Families and Friends of the First AIF will proudly introduce you to some of the soldiers who fought in the Battle … Continue reading
Quiet At Fromelles
The Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) have returned the excavation site at Pheasant Wood Fromelles to its ‘original’ condition. The site of the 3 week dig now resembles a freshly ploughed field. Photos: Pheasant Wood – a week after … Continue reading
Dignified Burial?
Lambis Englezos is back in Melbourne after having his research confirmed by the discovery of the bodies of the missing Diggers from the Battle of Fromelles. Lambis spent the past three months in the Fromelles area and was present each day … Continue reading
Recovery & Reburial
The completion of the archaeological dig at Fromelles has precipitated widespread discussion on the fate of the soldiers whose remains were buried by the German army nearly 92 years ago. While the governments of Australia, Britain and France await the … Continue reading
Our THANKS go to………
Our THANKS go to…………….. Lambis Englezos and those who assisted him for their untiring efforts throughout the years to ensure that the recently completed archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood near Fromelles took place. Lambis Englezos was the driving force behind … Continue reading
Fromelles Forensics
The archaeologists have now left the site of the dig at Pheasant Wood Fromelles and the earth has been returned to the burial pits. Their brief was to establish whether the remains of the Missing from the Battle of Fromelles … Continue reading
News from Fromelles
The atmosphere in the small French village of Fromelles has been irreversibly changed since the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood has revealed the remains of the missing Australian Diggers and British soldiers from the Battle of Fromelles. Fromelles has … Continue reading
….more on the Service
Residents and visitors of Fromelles attended the Memorial service to mark the completion of the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood on Friday 13 June 2008. The photo above shows the arrival of Reverend John Porter- Commonwealth War Graves Commission who … Continue reading
Service at Fromelles
An informal but moving ceremony at 11a.m. Friday 13 June 2008 heralded the close of activity at the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood Fromelles. The photos sent by Carole Laignel, Secretary F.W.T.M 14-18 (Fromelles Museum) capture details of the service. Read … Continue reading