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
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- Fromelles Day 2025 – Commemorating the 109th anniversary in Sydney of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916
Category Archives: Commemorations
Fromelles' Services: :in Sydney
Remembering Fromelles in Sydney A Commemoration Service on the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles was held at the ANZAC Memorial at Hyde Park in Sydney on Sunday 19 July 2009. Photo: Gathering prior to Commemorative Service On a … Continue reading
:in Melbourne
Remembering Fromelles in Melbourne The Shrine of Remembrance was the site of Melbourne’s Commemorative Service for the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. Photo: Fromelles Commemorative Service (l to r) Tim Whitford, Lambis Englezos, Guillaume Moreel, Major General Mike … Continue reading
:in France
Remembering Fromelles in France Commemorations at Fromelles 93rd Anniversary The Battle of Fromelles Sunday 19th July 2008 The village of Fromelles in northern France once again commemorated the anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. Separate commemorations were held at VC … Continue reading
Fromelles in France
BATTLE OF FROMELLES COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES FROMELLES Sunday 19 July 2009 at 10:30am The famous Cobbers Statue at the Australian Memorial Park at Fromelles has recently undergone a refurbishment in preparation for the 93rd Anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. A … Continue reading
Fromelles in Australia
BATTLE OF FROMELLES COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES The 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles which was fought on the 19 July 1916 will be commemorated at memorial services in Sydney and Melbourne. IN SYDNEY on: Sunday 19 July 2009 ANZAC MEMORIAL HYDE … Continue reading
Fromelles Ceremony
Pheasant Wood Ceremony Tuesday 5 May 2009 Chris Munro in Fromelles A small crowd of about 70 people gathered at Pheasant Wood under cloudy skies to witness the turning of the first sod of earth which marked the commencement of … Continue reading
*ANZAC Day: Mackay, Qld. '09.
FFFAIF member Mike Goodwin reports from Mackay, north Queensland ( 21° 8’40.70″S, 149°10’52.47″E) ANZAC Day – Mackay 2009 No other event unifies the Mackay community as much as the city’s Anzac Day observances. This year, on a typically warm, sunny autumn day, … Continue reading
*ANZAC Day: Sydney, NSW. '09.
Continuing our coverage across Australia in small country towns and capital cities and throughout the world where people have gathered to commemorate ANZAC Day on 25 April. FFFAIF members have been reporting from northern Queensland to Victoria and across the … Continue reading
Friends 15th News
The Friends of the 15th Brigade will be holding their annual ‘Pompey’ Elliott memorial service at the Burwood Cemetery, Melbourne at 11:00am on Monday 23rd March, 2009 – the 78th anniversary of Elliot’s death. Photo: ‘Pompey’ Elliot’s grave. [Lambis Englezos] … Continue reading
*Connecting Spirits
Young Aussies on the Western Front A group of young Australians from South Australia are presently visiting the Western Front Battlefields of World War 1. The group comes from Meningie Area School and Birdwood High School and are part of … Continue reading