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  2. Anzac Day - Wikipedia

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    Anzac Day [a] is a national day of ... served in Australia's Military from the Boer War to the present day through ... 20,000 and 45,000 in the past. The final Anzac ...

  3. Australia and New Zealand honor their war dead with dawn ...

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    Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches Thursday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day. New Zealand Prime Minister ...

  4. Anzac Day in Queensland - Wikipedia

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    Anzac Day parade on Dee Street, Mount Morgan, 25 April 1916 Anzac Day is a day of remembrance in Queensland, Australia.It is a public holiday held on 25 April each year. The date is significant as the Australian and New Zealand troops (the ANZACs) first landed at Gallipoli in World War I on 25 April 1

  5. Anzac spirit - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. William marks Anzac day by praising Australian and New ... - AOL

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    Thousands of Anzac troops – Australian and New Zealand Army Corps – died in the ill-fated 1915 Gallipoli campaign. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800 ...

  7. National War Memorial (New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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    Anzac Day and specific battle commemorations have special places in the annual schedule of events. The carillon is played in over 200 hours of live concerts per year and a comprehensive domestic and international carillon teaching programme is conducted under the direction of the National Carillonist, Timothy Hurd. [ 37 ]

  8. Citizens' War Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Just prior to the 2017 Anzac Day service, the Christchurch branch of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RSA) asked for the memorial to be relocated to Cranmer Square, as the protracted negotiations between the government and the Anglican Church about the restoration of the adjacent Cathedral deny the public access. [15]

  9. Military history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Today, the date of the initial landings, 25 April, is known as Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand and every year thousands of people gather at memorials in both nations, as well as Turkey, to honour the bravery and sacrifice of the original Anzacs, and of all those who have subsequently lost their lives in war. [74] [75]