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
Dig Rate Slows
The Australian Government’s Department of Defence explains why the dig rate at Pheasant Wood Fromelles has slowed: This is due to the delicate work required as remains continue to be uncovered and work proceeds around these discoveries. To read more … Continue reading
All Quiet ….
All quiet at Pheasant Wood – for the time being no news is coming from the dig site. The photo above shows Lambis Englezos and John Fielding getting ‘in the mood’ for the dig at Pheasant Wood in April 2008. … Continue reading
Fromelles Mud
The fields surrounding Frommelles are shrouded in mist as the area has received 38mls of rain since Monday and little news on the project is seeping out from the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood to the media. The Australian Government Department … Continue reading
Fromelles Cobbers
Work continues at Pheasant Wood to uncover the remains of Australian soldiers of the first AIF killed at the Battle of Fromelles and buried by the German Army. Lambis Englezos from Melbourne has been a driving force behind the establishment of this … Continue reading
Missing Diggers
The discovery of the remains of Allied soldiers at the Pheasant Wood dig has brought to the attention of many Australians the Battle of Fromelles for the first time. The archaeological dig is also attracting the attention of overseas media coverage, including the … Continue reading
Fromelles Weekend
Monday’s update on media releases on the missing Diggers at Pheasant Wood Fromelles: Nine: 60 Minutes 1 June 2008: Mystery of Fromelles (click on title to view video). Also on Channel 9 Today Show: Aussies confirmed at Fromelles (click … Continue reading
Fromelles Missing
Sunday’s FFFAIF update on the missing Diggers of Fromelles features a photograph of a peaceful Pheasant Wood taken only weeks prior to the archaeological dig. A different perspective of Pheasant Wood can be seen on Google Earth at location: 50°36’35.71″N … Continue reading
Pheasant Wood Dig
Saturday’s update for FFFAIF and visitors on the excavation site for the missing Australian diggers at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles. More photos of the dig can be seen at: http://www.defence.gov.au/fromelles/images/gallery/20080529/index.htm Read reports from the Australian media (click on … Continue reading
Fromelles Update
FFFAIF members are keenly following the activities at the excavation site for the missing Australian diggers at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles. Read what the politicians had to say: Hansard – House of Representatives Wednesday 28 May 2008. Follow the link & … Continue reading
Dig Continues
The Fromelles dig continues to attract media interest. Follow the links below, by clicking on the title, to see what they have to say: The Australian Dignity in death for troops lost at Fromelles, Peter Stanley Let fallen Fromelles Digger Lieutenant … Continue reading