Showing posts with label Social Comment - ANZAC Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Comment - ANZAC Day. Show all posts

Friday, 24 April 2026

ANZAC Day 2026

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ANZAC Day continues to have strong public support in recognition of the service of men and women during time of war. This special commemorative day has been held for 110 years on the 25th April and was originally intented to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who served in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 (World War I). Since that time, it has expanded to include other conflicts and peace keeping operations until the present time. On this day, those who lost their lives as a result of their service are particularly remembered.

Lest we forget

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

ANZAC Day 2025

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ANZAC Day falls on the 25th April each year and originally commemorated the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces in World War One at the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula (ANZAC stands for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps).  This year will mark 110 years since that military event and in more recent decades ANZAC Day has come to commemorate all Australian participation in military and peacekeeping operations.

In 2025, the World has never seemed so fractured. Conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, Israel and the Gaza Strip and ongoing civil wars in the Sudan, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo bring misery and suffering to millions.

ANZAC Day's message of the sacrifice and losses from war continues to be profound. Lest we forget.