On April 30, 1915, when the first news of the landing reached New Zealand, a half-day holiday was declared and impromptu services were held. Anzac troops went down in history for their bravery and ...

The memorial day shared by both nations occurs on the anniversary of the Anzac forces landing in Gallipoli in 1915, at the onset of World War I. But the observance does not mark a decisive victory.

ANZAC Day is probably Australia's most important national ... But the only way to get there was through this narrow strip of water, which was guarded on both sides by big guns in forts.

On Anzac Day, I lament an uncle – a Wiradjuri warrior and a hero few Australians know of – lost somewhere in France. May our country one day find the peace that he and so many like him fought ...

WA police officers attending Anzac Day events this year will carry guns. Credit: News Corp Australia. Police to carry guns at Anzac Day events across WA. Kaitlyn Offer PerthNow.

Tomorrow is Anzac Day, and even from our offices here in North Sydney, we can hear hundreds of ill-advised corporate ‘tributes’ being prepared across the nation. If you’re beginning to ...

Anzac Day, April 25, is the anniversary of Gallipoli landing, Australia and New Zealand's first major military action in the first World War. Some 8,700 Australian soldiers died in the conflict.

Memorial director Brendan Nelson said Anzac Day was not about war, but about love and friendship and honouring the men and women who devote their lives to their fellow Australians.

'Anzac Day is a solemn and respectful day of remembrance and commemoration of those who fought and died for our freedoms,' he told NewsCorp in 2019. 'The word happy shouldn't be used.

ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey by allied forces on 25th April 1915. ... While the guns fell silent, those fortunate enough to survive returned to a ...

This Anzac Day, we owe our soldiers ... His rugged, reliable gun went into local production, eventually arming thousands of troops in New Guinea and beyond, until the South Vietnam conflict.

In a first for Koroit's Mickey Bourke's Hotel, it will have games of two-up at the historic watering hole on Anzac Day, after a gun fire breakfast.