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A Military History of Australia (3rd ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-69791-0. McGibbon, Ian (2010). New Zealand's Vietnam War: A History of Combat, Commitment and Controversy. Auckland: Exisle. ISBN 978-0908988969. Waite, Fred (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Official History of New Zealand's Effort ...
The I ANZAC Corps (First Anzac Corps) was a combined Australian and New Zealand army corps that served during World War I.. It was formed in Egypt in February 1916 as part of the reorganisation and expansion of the Australian Imperial Force and the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) following the evacuation of Gallipoli in December 1915.
Simpson and his donkey statue by Peter Corlett outside the Australian War Memorial, Canberra The Anzac spirit or Anzac legend is a concept which suggests that Australian and New Zealand soldiers possess shared characteristics, specifically the qualities those soldiers allegedly exemplified on the battlefields of World War I. These perceived qualities include endurance, courage, ingenuity, good ...
History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. 1. London: HM Stationery Office. OCLC 610273484. Falls, Cyril (1930). Military Operations Egypt & Palestine from June 1917 to the End of the War. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. 2 Part I. A. F. Becke (maps). London: HM Stationery Office. OCLC 644354483.
Today, the date of the initial landings, 25 April, is a public holiday known as ANZAC Day in New Zealand and every year thousands of people gather at memorials around the country, and indeed in Turkey, to honour the bravery and sacrifice of the original Anzacs, and of all those who have subsequently lost their lives in war.
The II ANZAC Corps (Second Anzac Corps) was an Australian and New Zealand First World War army corps.Formed in early 1916 in Egypt in the wake of the failed Gallipoli campaign, it initially consisted of two Australian divisions, and was sent to the Western Front in mid-1916.
The inaugural match in 1995 drew a crowd of 94,825 people, [103] [104] [105] with the 2023 match drawing a crowd of 95,179, the second biggest home and away crowd in AFL history. [106] The Anzac Medal is awarded to the player in the match who best exemplifies the Anzac spirit – skill, courage, self-sacrifice, teamwork and fair play.
The first influence on Digger slang was Australia's involvement in the First World War.The soldiers themselves were not called Diggers until well into the war, the name first entering common use around 1917, with the first recorded use in something other than the traditional goldmining sense occurring in 1916.