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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Gallery: Anzac Day 2025 commemorated in Darwin at Dawn Service. ... Artillery guns also graced the parade, with a pair of chunky howitzers expertly towed through streets.

'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.

By RNZ As Anzac Day approaches, RSAs and council services across the country are preparing to pay tribute to those who served and gave their lives to war. At ...

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.

Albury missing two guns for Anzac Day, Wodonga names debutant from Chiltern. Updated April 25 2025 - 6:27pm, first published April 24 2025 - 9:09pm.