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: Top Posts
I regret to inform you
As the Battle tactics of the Battle of Fromelles reveals, there the planning for the July 1916 was characterised by changes and included a 7 hour artillery bombardment prior to the infantry assault. The outcome of the battle was a … Continue reading
Dignified Burial Call
The battle for the missing diggers from Fromelles is far from over. As the Background to the Battle of Fromelles reveals, there had been an unsuccessful battle at Fromelles in May 1915 with heavy casualties and the planning for the July … Continue reading
Commemoration
The Fifth Division of the AIF was formed in February 1916 and consisted of the 8th Brigade – 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd Battalions; 14th Brigade – 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th Battalions and 15th Brigade – 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th Battalions. … Continue reading
Three Lads Go To War
Allan Eldridge, Ernest Hopkinson and Justin Breguet were all 18 years old when, with parental permission, they enlisted in the AIF in July 1915. They embarked together aboard HMAT Ballarat from Melbourne on 18 February 1916 as members of the … Continue reading
The McAulay Brothers
Families and Friends of the First AIF member Ross St.Claire in his book, Our Gift to The Empire – 54th Australian Infantry Battalion 1916-1919, describes Fromelles as: the 54th Battalion’s baptism of fire. Not a sterner trial could have been … Continue reading
Father & Son
Father & Son at Fromelles Research by FFFAIF member Stephen Brooks has so far revealed 24 sets of brothers and one father and son who fought together at the Battle of Fromelles. Today we are proud to introduce a unique … Continue reading
Together in Battle
The Battle of Fromelles took place on 19th July 1916. The 8th, 14th & 15th Brigades of the 5th Division, AIF took part in this disastrous attack. The work undertaken by Lambis Englezos to identify the Missing Diggers of Fromelles … Continue reading
Same Digger?
The Battle of Fromelles took place on the evening of 19th July 1916. The battle is described in an article by Ross McMullin in The Australian War Memorial magazine Wartime (issue 36) as the worst 24 hours in Australia’s entire … Continue reading
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