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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Category Archives: Top Posts
*Kids' Art on Display
To secure the construction site of the new Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Cemetery at Fromelles a fence has been constructed around the site. School children from France, Australian and United Kingdom were invited produce artwork to commemorate the service and sacrifice … Continue reading
*New CWGC Cemetery
The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan Griffin and the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon media update on the new war cemetery at Fromelles was released on Wednesday 3 June. WORK STARTS ON NEW WAR CEMETERY AT FROMELLES … Continue reading
Fromelles Cemetery
Work commenced on Monday 18 May preparing the site for the new Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Fromelles. Photo: Work has commenced on new cemetery site. [Carole Laignel] Photo: Cemetery site after a day & night of rain. [Carole Laignel] … Continue reading
*Fromelles action
The commencement of the process of exhumation of the soldiers buried at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles, in northern France was marked by a special service on 4 May 2009. (To read more on the commencement ceremony click here.) Photo: Pheasant Wood archaeological … Continue reading
*Fromelles' Compound
The tranquil surroundings of Pheasant Wood has changed with the commencement of the archaeological dig for the exhumation of the remains of possibly 400 allied soldiers who fought during the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 1916 and fell within … Continue reading
Fromelles Ceremony
Pheasant Wood Ceremony Tuesday 5 May 2009 Chris Munro in Fromelles A small crowd of about 70 people gathered at Pheasant Wood under cloudy skies to witness the turning of the first sod of earth which marked the commencement of … Continue reading
Fromelles Contract
The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel announced on 17 February that Oxford Archaeology would carry out the excavation at Pheasant Wood Fromelles. Photo: Pheasant Wood Fromelles, Winter 2009. [Hubert Hutchett] The media release from the Department of Defence Science and … Continue reading
*FROMELLES FROST
The mayor of Fromelles, Hubert Huchett, has captured the winter on the Western Front in the following photos. The Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles, can be seen dusted in snow. The Cobbers Statue photo portrays a clear picture of the conditions … Continue reading
*Fromelles Developments
The Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) led by Dr Tony Pollard carried out preliminary excavations at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles in May-June this year. The project confirmed the presence of the remains of World War 1 soldiers in previously undisturbed … Continue reading
11/11 at Fromelles:1
The French village of Fromelles commenced it’s commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armictice, when the villagers gathered on Friday 7 November to preview the television documentary La guerre de Bill – a film which explains the background … Continue reading