Lest We Forget

Day 886, 16:36 • Published in Australia Australia • by Aussie Blokee

Lest We Forget ANZAC DAY

Anzac is by turn an acronym, a place, a day of commemoration, and a cultural force. During the preparations for the Gallipoli landings the term was coined as ‘telegraphese’ to describe the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps commanded by Birdwood. The stretch of Turkish coastline where the Australians and New Zealanders had gone ashore quickly became known as Anzac Cove, and the whole of their position as ‘Anzac’, while the men themselves were known as ‘Anzacs’; this was underpinned with the subsequent issue of a small letter ‘A’, sown on the colour patch, worn by all survivors of the campaign. Anzac Day, 25 April, was first observed in Egypt, London, and Australia in 1916 and has evolved into Australia's true (though unofficial) national day. It is marked by solemn services at dawn and a march of veterans later in the morning and continues at the end of the 20th century to draw increasingly large crowds in attendance.


This is a list of Australia's involvement in wars, from the time of the first settlement at Sydney Cove in the 18th century, to our peacekeeping roles under United Nations auspices and the First Gulf War.

# Colonial period- 1788–1901
# Sudan- March to June 1885
# South African War (Boer War)- 1899–1902
# China (Boxer Rebellion)- 1900–01
# First World War- 1914–18
# Second World War- 1939–45
# Occupation of Japan- 1946–51
# Korean War- 1950–53
# Malayan Emergency- 1950–60
# Indonesian Confrontation- 1963–66
# Vietnam War- 1962–75
# First Gulf War- 1990–91
# Peacekeeping- 1947 to present

From the bottom of every Australian and New Zealander citizens heart, We Thank you for putting your self before us, so one day we could live in freedom.







R.I.P Allan Hinkly (My Grandpa)

Lest We Forget