{"id":9881,"date":"2011-05-04T03:40:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T03:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=9881"},"modified":"2011-05-04T03:40:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T03:40:33","slug":"anzac-day-2011-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=9881","title":{"rendered":"ANZAC Day 2011: Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANZAC Day in Belgium commenced with a Dawn Service\u00a0at British New Buttes Cemetery,\u00a0Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Polygon-Wood-Dawn-Service-2011_website.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9884\" title=\"Polygon Wood Dawn Service 2011_website\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Polygon-Wood-Dawn-Service-2011_website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Dawn Service New Buttes Cemetery<br \/>\nPolygon Wood Zonnebeke Belgium<br \/>\n[Johan Durnez]<\/p>\n<p>Read about this service as seen through the eyes of FFFAIF member Johan Durnez in his special <em>Waragem Report<\/em> by clicking here.<\/p>\n<p>For more photos taken at Polygon Wood click <a href=\"http:\/\/jewaserbij.wo1.be\/WO1Detail.aspx?genericid=833 ]\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/jewaserbij.wo1.be\/WO1Detail.aspx?genericid=818\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>The crowds had commenced gathering in Menin Gate, Ieper, long before the start of the 11 o\u2019clock service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_before-the-crowds-arrive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9885\" title=\"Anzac Day Menin Gate_before the crowds arrive\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_before-the-crowds-arrive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Menin Gate before the arrival of the crowds on ANZAC Day<br \/>\n[Anny DeDecker]<\/p>\n<p>FFFAIF members Anny DeDecker and Johan Durnez were amongst those in the crowd. The following photo report of Menin Gate on ANZAC Day was supplied by Anny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9886\" title=\"Anzac Day Menin Gate_1\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: VIP guests<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9887\" title=\"Anzac Day Menin Gate_2\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Some of the floral tributes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9888\" title=\"Anzac Day Menin Gate_3\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: The Ode was recited<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9889\" title=\"Anzac Day Menin Gate_4\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Individual tributes laid.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9890\" title=\"Anzac Day Menin Gate_5\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Last Post Association Buglers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9892\" title=\"Anzac Day Menin Gate_6\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Pudgy meets visitors from Australia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9893\" title=\"Anzac Day Menin Gate_7\" src=\"http:\/\/md-cpanel04.websiteactive.com\/~ffff1111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Anzac-Day-Menin-Gate_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Marie-Claire Sinnaeve meets the Australian Ambassador\u00a0Dr Brendan Nelson\u00a0after the service<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read about this service as seen through the eyes of FFFAIF member Johan Durnez in his special <em>Waragem Report<\/em> by clicking here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more photos of the Menin Gate service click <a href=\"http:\/\/jewaserbij.wo1.be\/WO1Detail.aspx?genericid=832\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and more can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/jewaserbij.wo1.be\/WO1Detail.aspx?genericid=823\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ANZAC Day commemorations continued in Belgium throughout the day. There was a service held at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele. For photos of the service click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wo1.be\/eng\/mainnav.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ANZAC Service at Messines commenced at the New Zealand Memorial. For photos of this service click <a href=\"http:\/\/jewaserbij.wo1.be\/WO1Detail.aspx?genericid=820\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The final service of the day was held at Toronto Ave Cemetery, Ploegsteert. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/jewaserbij.wo1.be\/WO1Detail.aspx?genericid=838\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0 for photos of this service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p>If you have a photo or story of an ANZAC Day commemoration you would like to share please email to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:enquiries@fffaif.org.au\">enquiries@fffaif.org.au<\/a>. The FFFAIF\u00a0would like to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANZAC Day in Belgium commenced with a Dawn Service\u00a0at British New Buttes Cemetery,\u00a0Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke. Photo: Dawn Service New Buttes Cemetery Polygon Wood Zonnebeke Belgium [Johan Durnez] Read about this service as seen through the eyes of FFFAIF member Johan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=9881\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,77,90,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anzac-day","category-ieperypres","category-passchendale","category-polygon-wood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9881"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9916,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9881\/revisions\/9916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}