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Australian and New Zealand personnel form the catafalque party for the dawn service at Anzac Cove on Gallipoli Peninsula. Story by Flight Lieutenant Vernon Pather. Photo by Leading Seaman Susan Mossop.

Shared spirit that’s more than a memory

30/04/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 299 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli

Standing on the shore of Anzac Cove on Anzac Day, Flight Lieutenant Vernon Pather, along with other Australian and New

Leading Seaman Peta Binns' great-great uncle, 2nd Lieutenant George Oakley Newton, is circled in a photo of his cadet class. Story by Leading Seaman Peta Binns. Photo supplied by Australian War Memorial (P00864.001).

ADF People History Lest We Forget

Feeling the weight of a military legacy – Anzac Day

03/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 876 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, WWI

A pilgrimage to Anzac Cove prompted Leading Seaman Peta Binns to reflect on the sacrifice and valour etched into her

The Headquarters Middle East Anzac Day memorial following the dawn service. Story. and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

ADF People History Lest We Forget

Keeping traditions alive in the Middle East – Anzac Day

01/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 855 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Middle East, PTSD

Deployed servicemen and women in the Middle East gathered before first light to mark 109 years since the Gallipoli landings

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Kiwis avoid ‘no-show’ at Gallipoli 2024

28/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2125 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli

The Anzac spirit of cooperation and camaraderie was tapped into at Gallipoli this year to allow the New Zealand Defence

Musician Francis White sounds the Last Post during the Commonwealth memorial service in Gallipoli, Turkey. Story by Lieutenant Anthony Martin. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

ADF People History

Anzac Cove service poignant for bugler

29/04/202208/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1914 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, Australia’s Federation Guard, Gallipoli, Turkey, WWI

The haunting tune of a lone bugler sounding the Last Post during the dawn service on Anzac Day is emotive

Australian Army Band musician Corporal Laura Burden holds a photo of her great-uncle, Private Richard Bainbridge Brooker who served at Gallipoli in 1915. Story by Lieutenant Anthony Martin. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

ADF People History

Anzac Day 2022: a family connection at Anzac Cove

29/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1906 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, Australia’s Federation Guard, Gallipoli, WWI

Standing at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli for the dawn service on Anzac Day is a powerful moment for any Australian.

Australian Navy aviation technician Able Seaman Adrian Ebenwaldner from Australia’s Federation Guard stands at attention as part of the catafalque party during the 2022 Anzac Day Dawn Service at Gallipoli. Story by Lieutenant Anthony Martin. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

ADF People History

Remembering Galloping Jack at Gallipoli

28/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1792 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, Australia’s Federation Guard, Gallipoli

Anzac Day this year was significant for Navy aviation technician Able Seaman Adrian Ebenwaldner as he reflected on his family’s

The medals of No. 252 Private Thomas Lowe, of Mitiamo, Victoria, in front of the 8th Light Horse Regiment panel at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, on Anzac Day. Story by Lieutenant Anthony Martin. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

ADF People History Veterans

Medals taken to battlefield in family tribute

28/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2018 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, Gallipoli, Lone Pine, Turkey, WWI

Anzac Day was particularly significant for Petty Officer Geri Martin as the medals of her great-grandfather were taken to the

AE2 with her crew on board shortly after commissioning in 1914.

Asia History News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

How Defence scientists gave a voice to the ‘silent Anzac’

28/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1820 Views 0 Comments DSTO, Gallipoli, Submarine, Turkey, WWI

Petty Officer Henry Kindler recalls the sad ending to Australia’s first attempt to establish a submarine service. CAPTION: AE2 with

Left, Lieutenant Shirley Goodwin's enlistment portrait for World War I; and right, Brigadier Shirley Goodwin while deployed in New Guinea during World War II. Story by Captain Joanne Leca.

ADF People History

Artillery’s venerated gentleman

07/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2076 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, Duntroon, Gallipoli

One of the first ashore at Anzac Cove on the day of the fateful landing was a young Australian artillery

Lance Corporal Mark Goldsmith leads a Maori Cultural Group into Chanak Consular Cemetery in Canakkale, Turkey.

Europe New Zealand News Overseas Veterans

NZDF honours men who died at Gallipoli in 1918

19/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3779 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli

The New Zealand Defence Force contingent in Gallipoli to commemorate Anzac Day have honoured 11 men who died at Gallipoli

The ANZAC contingent prepare to march at the Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Photo by Corporal Matthew Bickerton

Australian New Zealand News Veterans

Terrorist threat on 2017 Gallipoli Dawn Service

07/04/201707/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3665 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli

The Australian Government has received information to suggest terrorists may seek to target Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Australian CONTACT Cadets miscellaneous News

WA Cadet honoured to be in Gallipoli for Dawn Service

24/04/201624/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4707 Views 0 Comments Cadet Sergeant Ellie Tibble Memorial Scholarship, Gallipoli

As the sun slowly rises at ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli on tomorrow, Cadet Under Officer Victor Low from 703 (City

The discovery of historic the notebooks of the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General from World War One. The notebook discovery was part of one of the most comprehensive research projects to confirm the number of New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli. John Crawford with the notebooks.

New Zealand News Overseas Veterans

NZ doubles official number of Kiwis who served at Gallipoli

23/03/201621/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3741 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli, official figures

Research undertaken by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) and the New Zealand Defence Force has shown