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Gallipoli

Anzac Day didgeridoo player, Australian Army Warrant Officer Class Two Lachlan Youll at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkiye. Story by Flight Lieutenant Vernon Pather. Photos by Flight Lieutenant Vernon Pather. Leading Seaman Susan Mossop.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Indigenous soldier’s tribute at Anzac Cove

07/05/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 571 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Indigenous

Just before dawn on Anzac Day on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkiye, Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Lachlan Youll played

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Captain Tahali Thomas lays a wreath at Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye commemorating 100 years of the formation of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. Story and photo by Captain Edward Pym.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Corps centenary commemorated at Gallipoli

01/05/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 689 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Royal Australian Corps of Signals

Standing beneath the slowly brightening skies over Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, Captain Tahali Thomas of the

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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.
Australian Army Ian Cavanough Lest We Forget News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Shared spirit that’s more than a memory

30/04/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 718 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

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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 918 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

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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 884 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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NZDF photo, from Gallipoli, 2024
Europe New Zealand News Veterans 

Kiwis avoid ‘no-show’ at Gallipoli 2024

28/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2153 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli

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

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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 1956 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

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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 1956 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.

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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 1821 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

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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 2051 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

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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 1854 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

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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 2110 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

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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 3816 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli

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

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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 3690 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli

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

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WA Cadet honoured to be in Gallipoli for Dawn Service

24/04/201624/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4734 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

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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 3768 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

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