Is an important national day in Australia and is marked by a national holiday. Anzac Day was first observed by both Australia and New Zealand. Commemorates Australians and New Zealanders who died and served in all military operations. Anzac Day is also observed in Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands and Niue.

Second World War 1939 - 1945. The following information came from Wikipedia. Was the name given to the soldiers of the garrison who held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in WW2. The siege started on 10 April 1941 and was finally relieved at the end of November. Music and song used in Australia. At this very special time in Australia,.

Is a memorial to the Australians who died on the Western Front in WW1. From 1916 to 1918, nearly half of all Australians that died in all wars. The image you see for the video are Australian stretcher bearers and dressers lying utterly exhausted in the mud after 60 hours without rest. The Western Front was hell on earth.

Battle Of Long Tan - Vietnam War. The following information came from Wikipedia. The Battle of Long Tan. During the battle D Company 6 RAR. In the years since it was thought the battle has achieved similar symbolic significance for the Australian military in the Vietnam War as battles such as the Gallipoli Campaign. Have for the First World War. For the Second World War. And the Battle of Kapyong.

The Gallipoli Campaign was a major allied military defeat in WW1. Even from the very beginning, on April 25 1915, the landing was chaotic and messed up. The whole campaign cost close to 400,000 casualties on both sides. Many Australians who fought at Gallipoli and survived. WW1 cost 61,522 Australians their lives. It is estimated that WW1 cost New Zealand over 18,000 lives.

In the lead up to the centenary of the landing at Gallipoli on April 25 2015. The free download of the song will remain throughout the ANZAC centenary 2014 - 2018. You can download the original recording of the song in 2001 for free. You can also download a longer 4 minute version recorded in 2001 for free.

Australians At The Battle Of Pozieres WW1. From March 1916, until the end of WW1 on November 11, 1918,. 178,000 casualties in less than three years. One of the battles Australians. In a world we cannot imagine today,. From the 8th August 1916 to the 3rd September 1916.

The first attack launched for Bullecourt. On the 11th of April 1917 was a complete failure. On the 3rd of May 1917. The second attack was ordered across the same ground. This time the Australians broke into and took part of the Hindenburg Line. Unfortunately, no important strategic advantage was ever gained. The two attacks cost the lives of 10,000 Australian soldiers. Charles Bean, Official Historian. In the first attack for Bullecourt,. In the second attack for Bullecourt on the 3rd of May 1917,.

The Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial is a WW1 memorial. Near the town of Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme region of France. Listed at the memorial are 10,773 names of soldiers of the AIF with no known grave. The soldiers were killed from 1916 to the end of the war on November 11, 1918. It is also the Australian National Memorial to all the Australians who died on the Western Front in WW1. Three years after the Australians came ashore at Gallipoli, and as the sun came up on April 25, 1918, .

2139 Australian Army nurses served abroad in WW1. Besides working in hospitals, the nurses served in casualty clearing stations. Near the front line and on hospital ships and trains. On the Western Front nurses suffered from severe infections. Many of them having surv.