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
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- 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
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- 2025 FFFAIF Annual General Meeting and John Laffin Memorial Lecture series
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- Fromelles Day 2025 – Commemorating the 109th anniversary in Sydney of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916
Category Archives: Events
*11/11 in Belgium:1
FFFAIF member Johan Durnez shares his account of Remembrance Day commemorations in Belgium. Members of the Leggett Family had travelled from Australia to join Johan and other locals from Geluwe on the 90th Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice … Continue reading
*11/11 in Belgium:2
FFFAIF Belgium member Johan Durnez continues his report on ‘a wonderful and emotional Remembrance Day 2008’, which included the spontaneous presentation of ‘a warm scarf for greatgreatuncle Will’. Johan says: In the night of 10-11 November we had lots of … Continue reading
Le Hamel Re-dedicated
The Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, re-dedicated the Australian Corps Memorial at Le Hamel Memorial in northern France, on Saturday 8th November, 2008. The new memorial replaces the original Australian Corps Memorial … Continue reading
AGM – What's to see?
Members of the Families and Friends of the First AIF and other visitors to Canberra, in the coming weeks, will have the opportunity to visit the following exhibitions: ‘Advancing to Victory’ on at the Australian War Memorial. The exhibition features key … Continue reading
Bathurst War Memorial
Bathurst War Memorial Carillion Anniversary Celebrations Photo: Bathurst War Memorial Carillion and Boer War Memorial [Alan Kitchen] The 75th Anniversary Celebrations of the Carillion will take place on Sunday 9th November 2008 during the afternoon and continue into the evening. … Continue reading
Mateship Award.
Lambis Englezos has been named the winner of Mateship Award in the Herald Sun/Sunday Herald Sun’s Pride of Australia awards, in Melbourne on Tuesday evening 21 October, 2008. Photo: Lambis Englezos, Pheasant Wood April 2008. Lambis is reported, in the … Continue reading
New Zealand News.
Today, 22 October 2008, sees the opening of the Shout V.C. Barracks at Linton, New Zealand. The barracks have been named after Captain Alfred John Shout VC, MC who served with F Company, 1st Infantry Battalion AIF on Gallipoli. The … Continue reading
Lambert Exhibition.
If you live in Sydney or close by there is an opportunity to view The Australian War Memorial’s Travelling Exhibition, George LAMBERT: Gallipoli and Palestine Landscapes. The exhibition is now open at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre. The … Continue reading
*Remembrance Tour.
FFFAIF member Mike Goodwin has recently returned from leading the fifth overseas tour with students from the ‘Lest We Forget’ history project of Mackay North State School in Queensland. To glimpse some of what happened on the trip Mike has sent … Continue reading
*New Cemetery Site
The Federal Government Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, visited Fromelles and Pheasant Wood, for the first time on Monday. Pheasant Wood is the burial site of approximately 400 Australian and British World War I soldiers. Mr Snowdon announced that … Continue reading