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
- Fromelles Day 2025 – Commemorating the 109th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916
Category Archives: Remembrance Day
11/11 at Fromelles:2
Photo: Her Excellency, the Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, with the Australian Ambassador to France, His Excellency Mr David Ritchie, at Fromelles. The Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, visited Fromelles on 9 November 2008. During … Continue reading
11/11 at Fromelles:3
The Fromelles local community organised a day of commemoration for the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, as seen in the invitation below: Once again Carole Laignel has been generous in sharing photos of these events. To start … Continue reading
CNN Report
Photo: Yves Fohlen near Bullecourt, showing part of the annual ‘iron harvest’. [Munro Collection] Families and Friends of the First AIF French member, Yves Fohlen, was an intergral part of the CNN news broadcast from France for Remembrance Day. To view … Continue reading
*11th at Villers Bret.
Remembrance Day at Villers Bretonneux The Australian Memorial has once again become a focal point for Australian visitors on the Western Front for commemoration of the 90th anniversary of Armistice. Photo: Army bugler descending the stairs at V-B after playing … Continue reading
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day at The Australian War Memorial The FFFAIF was represented by a large group, of approximately, 40 members and guests at the Remembrance Day Service at the Australian War Memorial. Officials and members of the public gathered in the … Continue reading
Australia Pauses…….
Australia Pauses to Remember Photograph by Robyn Munro Throughout Australia and across the world people paused at 11 o’clock on the 11 November to remember the sacrifices and services of those who gave so much for our freedom and way of … Continue reading
90th Anniversary.
Next Week – 90th Anniversary 11 November 2008 is the 90th Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice which brought about the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front. When news of the end of the war reached the members … Continue reading
Remembrance Day TV.
A note for your diary: ABC The ABC’s Four Corners program at 8;30pm on ABC1 on Monday 10th of November, the eve of Remembrance Day, will travel to the Western Front with historians from The Australian War Memorial and the … Continue reading
*Remembrance Day Venues.
Remembrance Day, 11th November 2008, is the 90th Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice at Compiegne, France. The Armistice signalled the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front between the Allies and Germany in 1918. This year many commemorative … Continue reading
Remembrance Day – ACT
Remembrance Day Canberra 2007 89th Anniversary of the silencing of the guns on the Western Front 11am, 11/11/1918 FFFAIF members Russell Curley, Brad Jones and Alan Kitchen were amongst the 2,700 people who attended the Remembrance Day service in the national … Continue reading