2025 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 3 May Australian Western Front Association, Gallipoli Association, FFFAIF Lecture Day
Saturday 19 July Fromelles Day Commemoration in Sydney at the Anzac Memorial and
Melbourne Wreath-laying at the Shrine of Remembrance and Ipswich in QueenslandSunday 27 July Pozieres Service St Columba Woollahra TBC
Friday 26 September Commemoration of the Battles of 3rd Ypres
Sunday 19 October War Widows Day
Tuesday 11 November Remembrance Day
Saturday 15th November FFFAIF AGM and John Laffin Memorial Lecture Day
Venue: Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney and AGM On-line Zoom Meeting-
Recent News
Category Archives: Books
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
*Wartime Magazine
The Australian War Memorial’s official magazine Wartime has been in print since November 1997. The most recent issue, number 44, is a First World War Special Issue. It includes a collection of articles on ‘Australia’s Worst 24 hours FROMELLES’ from … Continue reading
*Member's Discount
Families and Friends of the AIF members are being offered a special discount at Alexander Fax Bookshop, Canberra, to coincide with the Annual General Meeting of the FFFAIF. If you are a Member of the FFFAIF details are available in … 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
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
German Records
FFFAIF member Ross McMullin’s article in Saturday, 30th August, Sydney Morning Herald reports on the discovery of “remarkably rich German records about he disastrous attack at Fromelles’. Click here to read Ross’ article, New light on battle mystery. Ross is … Continue reading
Britain At War
The following article appeared in the August 2008 edition of the magazine Britain at War : Mass Grave uncovered at Fromelles. To read the article just RIGHT click on the following: mass-grave-uncovered-at-fromelles Britain at War Magazine is issued monthly and covers the history of conflicts that … Continue reading
Our Gift to The Empire
The John Laffin Memorial Lecture, held on Sunday 13th July 2008, was presented to a packed audience of nearly seventy people by FFFAIF foundation member Ross St.Claire, author of Our Gift to the Empire: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion 1916-1919. Ross, … Continue reading
All-Australia Memorial
The first editions of the All-Australia Memorial were published in 1917. These books have been dificult to access in the past as there are very few copies in the public domain, e.g. The Mitchell Library in Sydney has one copy and The … Continue reading