ANZAC

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ANZAC	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

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The Duchess of Cambridge at the Anzac Day service in Westminster Abbey

Dean urges inter-faith friends to defy terror; ANZAC DAY

ANZAC Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.

Anzac day observed in Kolkata; martyrs remembered

A special 'The Silent Anzac' composition was commissioned based on the exploits of the Australian submarine AE2 which was the first vessel to penetrate the Dardanelles in 1915.

Australian brass band pay tribute to their fallen

"Australian and New Zealand forces joined together for the first time, and a new word entered the language: Anzac.

Meghan close to tears at moving Anzac Day service

The biscuits then came out very close to the Anzac biscuits served on the Riverboat Postman.

Ben's Anzac biscuits

After the overall strategy changed on 30 July 1916, the attacks of Reserve Army were to be "an end in themselves." With this change in operational design, 1st Anzac Corps began planning and executing a series of actions that were largely in support of II Corps' 12th Division to their left instead of predominately supporting Fourth Army's main effort on the right.

Attack on the Somme: 1st Anzac Corps and the Battle of Pozieres Ridge, 1916

The story goes on to take readers through the journey of the ANZACs. Readers visit the frontline of every battle, have a break from war during the truce on May 24 and discover the atrocious conditions of the trenches that many soldiers called home for two long years.

The Gallipoli story

The event at the Australian High commission was attended by Director General Artillery Major General Farhan Akhtar, who accompanied the members of 7 Mountain Artillery Brigade, that were attached to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) in the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.

Sacrifices of Pakistani soldiers at Gallipoli remembered on ANZAC Day

Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served." Observed on 25 April each year, Anzac Day was originally to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

Thousands gather at Anzac Bay for dawn service

Australian police have arrested and charged a teenager with planning a terror attack on Monday's commemorations of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli during World War One, which attracted thousands of people in Sydney.

Police charge Australian teenager with planning ANZAC terror attack

Yet, during the same decades 'bookended' by Creative Nation and Creative Australia, a cultural nostalgia was also hard at work, gathering momentum and public support for a renaissance of the Anzac legend.