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
Category Archives: Diggers of First AIF
A Lucky Survivor
Four Australian at War edited by FFFAIF members Maurice Campbell and Graeme Hosken tells the story of four young men fighting on the distant battlefields of WW1 through the letters they sent home to country New South Wales. One of … Continue reading
Rev. dies at Fromelles
The 54th Battalion was formed in Egypt February 1916 from men of New South Wales including reinforcements from Australia and experienced soldiers from the 2nd Battalion. The Battalion first went into action on the Western Front at the Battle of … Continue reading
From Red Cross Files
The 55th Battalion was part of the 14th Brigade of the 5th Division, AIF which took part in the ill fated Battle of Fromelles on the evening of 19th July 1916. Research undertaken by Lambis Englezos using the Red Cross … Continue reading
Cobber Rescuer KIA
The 14th Brigade of the 5th Division of the AIF took part in the Battle of Fromelles. Sixty three members of the Brigade are numbered amongst the ‘missing’ of Fromelles. This includes 14 from the 53rd Battalion, 30 from 54th … Continue reading
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
Faces from Fromelles
The Australian Government issued an update on Day 16 of the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood near Fromelles in northern France. The report states that “………Of significance, remains have now been discovered at the end of a sixth pit………………It is now confirmed … Continue reading