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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Category Archives: ANZAC Day
Anzac Day in Cobram
Families and Friends of First AIF member Anne Betts sent this report from the Victorian country town of Cobram. (Google Earth co-ordinates: 35o55’00.76”S 145039’02.81”E) Cobram started Anzac Day with a Dawn Service at the War Memorial, which was well attended by … Continue reading
Anzac Day in Belgium Pt 1
Families and Friends of the First AIF Belgian member Johan Durnez’s report and photos form the basis of this account of the Dawn Service held on Anzac Day 2010 at Polygon Wood. You will probably recognize this place : … Continue reading
*K.I.A. 25th April 1915
The 95th anniversary of the first Anzac Day will be commemorated around Australia and across the world. Photo: Anzac Service at Oatley War Memorial in Sydney, 18th April 2010 [Chris Munro] The ANZAC acronym is formed from the initials of … Continue reading
ANZAC Day
Anzac Day is commemorated each year on 25th April. The Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs provides the following information on Anzac Day for 2010: The soldiers who served on the Gallipoli Peninsula created a legend, adding the word ‘Anzac’ to … Continue reading
* Gallipoli 2010
25th April 2010 will be the 95th Anniversary of the landing of Australian troops on the shores of Gallipoli. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan Griffin, has recently announced a number of initiatives to commemorate the Anniversary including: Gallipoli’s Victoria Cross … Continue reading
ANZAC DAY, U.K. 2009
Continuing our coverage of ANZAC Day commemorations overseas, FFFAIF Secretary, Chris Munro reports on Anzac Day commemorations in UK. Photo: Cross of Sacrifice Church of St John the Evangelist Sutton Veny. [Chris Munro] 25 April is commemorated in the UK … Continue reading
*ANZAC DAY, Villers Bret., France. '09
ANZAC DAY 2009 was not only commemorated throughout Australia but also overseas. This week’s report and photographs come from French FFFAIF member Yves Fohlen telling of his experiences at Villers Bretonneux on ANZAC DAY. (49o53’10.83”N, 2o30’29.68”E). Villers Bretonneux Dawn Service … Continue reading
*ANZAC DAY, Bullecourt, France. '09.
Yves Fohlen, FFFAIF member in France continues his report from ANZAC Day with an account on the commemorations at Bullecourt. (50o11’33.47”W, 2o55’38.87”E). Yves’ report on ANZAC Day Dawn Service can be read by clicking here. ANZAC Day Bullecourt, France I … Continue reading
*ANZAC Day: Ieper, Belgium. '09.
Continuing with our series of reports on Anzac Day commemorations around the world in 2009, we are featuring a photographic record of the Service at Menin Gate, Ieper. (50o51’07.22”N, 2o53’25.65”E). ANZAC Day – Menin Gate The ANZAC Day service was … Continue reading
*ANZAC Day: Coolah, NSW. '09.
Coolah WWI exhibition Coolah is a small town in country New South Wales. (31o42’25.23” S, 149o43’12.6”E) On Anzac Day 2009, Graeme Hosken, the editor of DIGGER, travelled to Coolah, NSW, to view the town’s launch of its display on WWI … Continue reading