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Petty Officer Jordan Bradshaw plays the didgeridoo at the Anzac Day commemorative service at Lone Pine, Gallipoli. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

Bridging cultural gaps focus of sailor’s work

03/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 711 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Indigenous

Building bridges between Navy and the world’s oldest surviving culture is a full-time job for Petty Office Jordon Bradshaw, and

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Soldiers returning to bushfire communities – thousands supporting ANZAC Day

23/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 793 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

While many Australian soldiers will return home for Anzac Day, some will return to communities they served during Operation Bushfire Assist.

ANZAC Day 2020 in Kiama Downs NSW. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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ANZAC Day arrangements – what’s on, what isn’t

26/02/202126/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1572 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

Anzac Day services overseas are cancelled again in 2021, while domestic services can go ahead in line with state and territory COVID rules.

The Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Australian National Memorial outside Villers-Bretonneux in France, 25 April 2017. Photo by Corporal Max Bree.

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Timings for Anzac Day service at Villers-Bretonneux changed at short notice

25/01/201926/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5069 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

There will be no Anzac Day Dawn Service at Villers-Bretonneux this year. This year’s service will be held at 10am.

Australian and New Zealand members of Task Group Taji-6 compete in a game of modified rugby league to help raise money for charity on Anzac Day in Iraq.

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ANZACs battle each other for charity in Iraq

01/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2202 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

The ANZAC bonds between New Zealand and Australian soldiers based at Iraq’s Camp Taji remain as strong as ever –

The Catafalque Party at Pioneer Park in Gawler on 23 April 2017 (left to right): CCPL Benjamin Anderson, CCPL Courtney Semmler, CCPL Andrew Paxton and CFSGT Benjamin Kurtz. The Catafalque Party commander (not in picture) was CUO Hayden Skiparis. Photo by Pilot Officer (AAFC) Paul Rosenzweig.

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PREPARE FOR ANZAC DAY – Part 2: The Anzac Youth Vigil

24/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2594 Views 1 Comment ANZAC Day, Dawn Service, Youth Vigil

One of the more modern customs now associated with Anzac Day activities is the Youth Vigil, in which participants maintain

Air Force Cadets of No 603 Squadron at the Loxton Dawn Service: Cadet Corporal Owen Parry (Guard Commander), with Cadet Ashleigh Minnis on duty at the Cenotaph. Also on duty was Cadet Isaac Edwards (not in frame). 603 Sqn photo.

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HONOURING ANZAC DAY TRADITIONS, Part 5

26/04/201726/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4209 Views 1 Comment 6 Wing AAFC, ANZAC Day

The Dawn Service 6 Wing Air Force Cadets join the Dawn Service Throughout South Australia and western Victoria yesterday, Air

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Marking the 102nd anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli

25/04/201725/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3399 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Dawn Service

The ANZAC spirit lives in the heart and minds of all Australians as we acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of those

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HONOURING ANZAC DAY TRADITIONS, Part 4

24/04/201724/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3534 Views 2 Comments AAFC, ANZAC Day, Anzac Vigil

Anzac Youth Vigil AAFC Cadets prepare for the Anzac Youth Vigil One of the more modern customs now associated with Anzac

Cadet Sergeant Blake Lawrence, Cadet Sergeant Britney Shorter, Leading Cadet Zain Carse and Leading Cadet Byron Barnes-Williams of No 604 Squadron, wear poppies in the left-brett pocket flap, as allowed in the AAFC dress manual.

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HONOURING ANZAC DAY TRADITIONS, Part 3

23/04/201723/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4143 Views 2 Comments ANZAC Day, Flanders Poppy, In Flanders Fields, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

The Poppy AAFC Cadets promise to remember our Diggers There are many customs and traditions associated with commemorative activities and,

Members of Overwatch Battle Group–West get ready to participate in an ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Talil, Iraq, 2008. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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Celebrating Freedom on ANZAC Day 2017

11/04/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3275 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, OBG-W(4), Overwatch Battle Group–West, Talil Iraq

. Many years ago as a young child accompanying my parents, we approached an unguarded voting box on election day

Cadet Flight-Sergeant Jake Dippy prepares to lead the contingent of South Vietnamese veterans in the 2016 Anzac Day March in Adelaide.

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HONOURING ANZAC DAY TRADITIONS, Part 2

14/03/201723/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3183 Views 1 Comment ANZAC Day

6 Wing Air Force Cadets prepare for – the Anzac Day March Air Force Cadets throughout South Australia and

"OPERATION TANAGER" PIC BY CPL JASON WEEDING PIPERS AND SOLDIERS OF 6RAR PARADE BEFORE A REPLICA CROSS OF THE ONE USED IN THE 1969 VIETNAM SERVICE AS THEY AWAIT THE START OF THE LONG TAN DAY COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE HELD NEAR BALIBO, EAST TIMOR. THE PARADE CONFIGURATION RE-ENACTS THAT OF THE ORIGINAL.

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Long Tan ANZAC Day service still doubtful

09/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3471 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Long Tan Cross

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan today said Australians planning to visit the Long Tan Cross site in Vietnam for

Cadet Sergeant Casey Dibben (No 6 Wing AAFC) wears the medals of her maternal great-grandfather Private Geoffrey Whiteman (6th Australian Division Workshops AIF).

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HONOURING ANZAC DAY TRADITIONS, Part 1

09/03/201723/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5902 Views 1 Comment ANZAC Day

6 Wing AAFC prepare for ANZAC Day – including ‘their’ medals Australian Air Force Cadets from South Australia and Mildura

Australia’s Federation Guardsman, Trooper David Nicolson, ANZAC Catafalque Party for the 100th Anniversary of Anzac Day service at Menin Gate, Belgium. Corporal Steve Duncan

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Fête

27/02/201701/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3064 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, By Jeff Austin

The bugler could no longer belt out a harmonious tune The musicians long since replaced by a mechanical croon One

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Special issue of COMBAT Camera released

01/05/201601/05/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4892 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, COMBAT Camera, Military Shop, Soldier On

Welcome to a very special one-off issue of COMBAT Camera magazine – issue number 15. We put together this extra

Australian Army snipers from Force Protection Company at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Jake Sims

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Remembering today’s ANZACs still ‘out there’

24/04/201624/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4887 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Highroad, Okra, Taji

On the eve of ANZAC Day, when the nation stops to remember all those who have fought, died and suffered

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Is ANZAC Day not taught in schools or what?

20/04/201610/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3200 Views 3 Comments ANZAC Day

So, I was on the train yesterday and in front of me were these school kids talking about ANZAC Day. They were

Videos

ANZAC Day 2015

15/11/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2197 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

A slideshow of the Australian Defence Force’s global photographic coverage of Anzac Day Commemorations around the world. Duration 31 minutes.