Page 1 – Introduction. Remember Gallipoli (detail). Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women. The date itself marks the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.The aim was to capture the Dardanelles, the gateway to the Bosphorus and the Black Sea.housands lost their lives in the Gallipoli campaign: 87,000 Turks, 44,000 men from France and the British Empire, including 8500 Australians. To this day, Australia also marks the events of 25 April. Among the dead were 2779 New Zealanders, about a fifth of those who served on Gallipoli.
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/anzac-day/introduction
The Anzacs first saw action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The small cove where the Australian and New Zealand troops landed was quickly dubbed Anzac Cove. Soon the word was being used to describe all Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula.fter Gallipoli. There were two Anzac corps on the Western Front from 1916, with the New Zealand Division serving initially in I Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and then, from July 1916 until January 1918, in II Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/anzac-day/the-anzacs
The photograph ‘Anzac Beach at 6am, 25 April 1915’ is thought to be the earliest photograph taken at the Landing. Captain Harry Davies went ashore with the 15th Battalion on 25 April 1915 and took this photograph.He was shot in the ankle on 28 April and returned to Australia in June 1915.anger, hardship and loss at the Battle of the Landing. At the landing on 25 April 1915, the 16th Battalion was about 1000 strong. Overnight on 2 May, they lost 8 officers and 330 men. At roll call on 3 May, only nine officers and 290 men answered their names.
http://www.gallipoli.gov.au/
The landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25 April 1915, also known as the landing at Gaba Tepe, and to the Turks as the Arıburnu Battle, was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by the forces of the British Empire, which began the land phase of the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War.ince 1916 the anniversary of the landings on 25 April has been commemorated as Anzac Day, becoming one of the most important national celebrations in Australia and New Zealand. The anniversary is also commemorated in Turkey, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove
At 2.30 am on 25 April 1915, as the Anzacs approached the west coast of Gallipoli in the British invasion fleet, Australian submarine AE2 travelled through minefields, strong currents and artillery fire up the Dardanelles to disrupt Turkish sea communication. View an animation of the journey.anger, hardship and loss at the Battle of the Landing. At the landing on 25 April 1915, the 16th Battalion was about 1000 strong. Overnight on 2 May, they lost 8 officers and 330 men. At roll call on 3 May, only nine officers and 290 men answered their names.
http://www.gallipoli.gov.au/
The photograph ‘Anzac Beach at 6am, 25 April 1915’ is thought to be the earliest photograph taken at the Landing. Captain Harry Davies went ashore with the 15th Battalion on 25 April 1915 and took this photograph. He was shot in the ankle on 28 April and returned to Australia in June 1915.he photograph ‘Anzac Beach at 6am, 25 April 1915’ is thought to be the earliest photograph taken at the Landing. Captain Harry Davies went ashore with the 15th Battalion on 25 April 1915 and took this photograph. He was shot in the ankle on 28 April and returned to Australia in June 1915.
http://www.gallipoli.gov.au/first-to-fall-25-april-1915/
The assault troops, mostly from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), landed at night on the western (Aegean Sea) side of the peninsula. They were put ashore one mile (1.6 km) north of their intended landing beach.ince 1916 the anniversary of the landings on 25 April has been commemorated as Anzac Day, becoming one of the most important national celebrations in Australia and New Zealand. The anniversary is also commemorated in Turkey, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove
Since 1916 the anniversary of the landings on 25 April has been commemorated as Anzac Day, becoming one of the most important national celebrations in Australia and New Zealand. The anniversary is also commemorated in Turkey, the United Kingdom and Ireland.ince 1916 the anniversary of the landings on 25 April has been commemorated as Anzac Day, becoming one of the most important national celebrations in Australia and New Zealand. The anniversary is also commemorated in Turkey, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove
In the second half of 1918, a series of victories for the Allied forces and significant advances on German held territory led to the feeling that the war was finally coming to a close.n the second half of 1918, a series of victories for the Allied forces and significant advances on German held territory led to the feeling that the war was finally coming to a close.
http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/australia-wwi/abroad-wwi/returning-soldiers
More than 8,000 Australian soldiers had been killed. The Gallipoli campaign had a profound impact on Australians at home, and 25 April soon became the day on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who died in the war.n 1916, Anzac Day was held on 25 April for the first time. It was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia, a march through London, and a sports day in the Australian camp in Egypt.
https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac-tradition/
what happened to the ANZAC's when they returned home
The ANZAC's was shot in the ankle on 28 April, when they returned to home.