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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- 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
Fromelles' Dedication
Bright sunshine and clear blue skies shone over the northern French village of Fromelles on the 19th July 2010, the 94th Anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles, as more than 5,500 people gathered to witness the burial of the 250th … Continue reading
FFFAIF WF Tour Report
Members of The Families and Friends of the First AIF took part in the inaugural Western Front Commemorative Tour from 14th to 27th July 2010. The Tour started in Ieper, Belgium and over the next 14 days followed the Anzacs’ trail … Continue reading
*Bible to Fromelles
The Families and Friends of the First AIF have assisted the family of Private Henry Mayer to have his New Testament, given to him in World War 1, present at the dedication of the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Cemetery and family graveside … Continue reading
*JLML Photos
The 2010 John Laffin Memorial Lecture was held on Sunday 4th July at the Ashfield RSL Club, Sydney. Photo: Belgian member Anny De Decker with fellow FFFAIF member Will Davies Members gathered to hear fellow member Will Davies author Beneath Hill 60 give … Continue reading
*Pozieres Day
The Pozieres Day Commemoration Sydney An invitation from the First Battalion Association to attend the Pozieres Day Commemoration in Sydney: Date: Sunday 25th July 2010 Venue: Saint Columba Uniting Church, Corner Ocean & Forth Street Woollahra Colonel Warwick Austin, the … Continue reading
*Fromelles Services
Fromelles Day Commemoration Services Monday 19 July 2010 ANZAC MEMORIAL HYDE PARK SOUTH, SYDNEY The Trustees of the Anzac Memorial 10.30am for 10.45am Service and Wreath Laying at the Memorial SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE ST KILDA ROAD, MELBOURNE Friends of the … Continue reading
*Memorial Lecture
John Laffin Memorial Lecture The Families and Friends of the First AIF will be holding the 8th Annual John Laffin Memorial Lecture on 4th July 2010. The Lecture is held in July each year to commemorate the founding of the … Continue reading
Books for 'des Cobbers'
Late in 2009, members of the Retired Victorian Principals Association (RVPA) were privileged and delighted to be addressed by Lambis Englezos AM on the background to the Battle of Fromelles and the much later discovery of the buried soldiers at … Continue reading
Fromelles Freedom Bell
The Freedom Bell of Fromelles The village school of Fromelles, “Les Cobbers”, hosted a special assembly for the unveiling of the new school bell – The Freedom Bell of Fromelles – on Tuesday 25th May 2010. Photo: School children of … Continue reading
Albert Jacka VC talk
If you live in Victoria you may be interested in attending the next meeting of the Military Historical Society of Australia Victorian Branch Inc. Michael Lawriwsky, author of Hard Jacka and Return of the Gallipoli Legend Jacka VC will … Continue reading