ANZAC Day at Gallipoli is a must do on anyone`s traveling calendar, especially those who are from the Australian and New Zealand.

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On 25th April 1915 the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on ANZAC Cove at Gallipoli Turkey at 4.29 am This landing has been commemorated ever since in Australia, New Zealand and Turkey.

National Day of Remembrance consecrated in Australia, New Zealand & Turkey in memory of those brave soldiers who lost their lives in Word War I at the Dardanelles in Gallipoli Turkey.

ANZAC Day, 25th of April, is the most important date in Australia's and New Zealand's calendar. Across the length and breadth of Australia and New Zealand people turn out to salute, honour and pay their respects to the fallen and to the surviving servicemen who willingly offered their lives to the service of their country.

The (acronym) name ANZAC became famous with the landing of the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula at the Dardanelles, Turkey, on 25th of April 1915. It has since become synonymous with the determination and spirit of our armed forces. The significance of the day, and the acronym, in Australia's heritage is probably best stated by Dr. C. W. Bean in the following excerpt from his official Australian history of World War One:

"It was not merely that 7600 Australians and nearly 2500 New Zealanders had been killed or mortally wounded there, and 24,000 more (19,000 Australians and 5,000 New Zealanders) had been wounded, while fewer than 100 were prisoners. But the standards set by the first companies at the first call - by the stretcher-bearers, the medical officers, the staff, the company leaders, the privates, the defaulters on the water barges, the Light Horse at The Nek - this was already part of the tradition not only of ANZAC but of the Australian and New Zealand peoples. By dawn on 20 December, ANZAC had faded into a dim blue line lost amid other hills on the horizon as the ships took their human freight to Imbros, Lemnos and Egypt. But ANZAC stood, and still stands, for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never own defeat".

Very early on the morning of 25th of April 1915, long before sunrise, the ANZAC s were getting ready to go into battle. They had sailed from Egypt, and now lay off the coast of Turkey in the darkness. They quietly climbed down rope ladders and stepped into small row boats. These were then towed as close as possible to the beach before the men rowed the last part to the shore. They had practised this many times. But they were still very nervous. They didn't know if the Turkish soldiers would be awake, or how many there were. All they knew was that once ashore, they had to go inland, as far from the beach as possible, and make room for more men to land behind them. That was the plan.

Suddenly, a bright flare went up into the sky, turning night into day. The ANZAC s were still making their way to the shore. Then the machine-guns and rifles opened up.

The ANZAC s who jumped out of the boats that day were met with terrible gun fire. Turkish bullets were whizzing through the air like hail, and many men were killed or wounded in those first few hours. Some men didn't even get out of the boats before they were shot. Others, who jumped out as they ran aground, found the water was up to their shoulders. Some men drowned because their packs were so heavy, or because they had never been taught to swim. Once ashore, the ANZAC s became confused. They had expected a flat beach but instead they were at the base of some cliffs. They had landed in the wrong place!

They were scared but excited. Clawing their way up the cliffs, they called for their mates to follow. They dodged the bullets and ran from sand dune to sand dune, always heading inland, always into terrible rifle fire. At the end of the first day, 2000 ANZAC s lay dead. Against all odds, however, they had held their ground.


'Lest We Forget'