Commemoration of the Battles of Third Ypres, Sydney

The Families and Friends of the First AIF
invite you to attend or view
the Commemoration of the Battles of Third Ypres

Wednesday 26 September 2018, 10.45 am for 11:00 am to 12.00 noon

at the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney.

The road to Passchendaele                                     The Gate on Menin Road

The Commemoration honours the 43 Divisions of British and Dominion troops involved in all of the Battles of Third Ypres. I ANZAC Corps, consisting of the 1^st, 2^nd, 4^th and 5^th Australian Divisions and II ANZAC Corps consisting of the 3rd Australian Division, the New Zealand Division with 2 British Divisions on rotation, fought alongside each other for the first time. The battles lasted for 102 days with more than 300,000 casualties. Australian Divisions participated in the following battles:

Menin Road, 20-25 September
Polygon Wood, 26 September to 3 October
Broodseinde Ridge, 4 October
Poelcapelle, 9 October
Passchendaele (First Battle), 12 October

Hooge Crater Cemetery                                              Tyne Cot Cemetery

To be streamed live and available for later viewing on The Anzac Memorial Facebook page. 

RSVP by 15 September to rsvp@fffaif.org.au.