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The Turks hold dawn services at Gallipoli every year. Our countries are forever linked. True respect for each other.
All 3 country do kiwi at chunuk bair and Aussies at lone pine and the Turks somewhere else with everyone helping to hold the dawn service and we all go to each other services as well
@Evan hART Since us kiwi's & American's didn't get on so well when American troops landed in New Zealand in WW2 and there was many full on fights between our troops as we felt you guy's were to disrespectful why in our country. Look up the battle-of-manners-street
@@Ricky-nq7lu a similar thing happened in Australia called “the battle of Brisbane”
@@Ricky-nq7lu same in Oz most was minor . The battle of Brisbane was 1 of the largest.
You guys should watch the movie about the conflict. It stars Mel Gibson and it's called Gallipoli. It's a very moving film, it was released in 1981.
I am Turkish . I visited here. emotional place. I also put flowers for the Anzac soldiers. a sunny and safe place for those wondering
Anzac Day is arguably the most important day of the year. Dawn services are held all over the country as a sign of respect and are all very well attended
My grandfather fought at Gallipoli at the age of 17. Then went on to fight in France. Sent home after being wounded for the third time.
He never spoke about it and it is very hard for me to comprehend, because to me he was only ever my gentle, softly spoken, dearest Poppa❤️
It really is hard for many as it comes around each year. I to had a family member who fought at Gallipolli but didn't make it back home. The ANZACS were and are incredible people, I and fellow Australians owe them.
No not ARGUABLY, IS!
@@chrisalldis3375 My thoughts exactly 👍
My grandfather fought there too; He was about the same age. He was badly wounded and nearly lost an arm, but a brilliant surgeon in London saved his arm which he had a metal plate in.
10,000 killed out of an Australian population of 5,000,000 at the time was a shocking loss of life (any loss of life in war is shocking really). Don't forget these brave Aussies and Kiwis were all volunteers.
The Poppy: the red represents the blood of all those who gave their lives, the black represents the mourning of those who didn't have their loved ones return home, and the green leaf represents the grass and crops growing and future prosperity after the war destroyed so much. The leaf should be positioned at 11 o'clock to represent the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the time that World War One formally ended.
Lest we forget.
Also the poppy grew in profusion in Belgium and Northern France where trench warfare took place
Lest we forget
The most tragic thing is that Aus. lost 60,000 from a population of 5 million and New Zealand lost 12,000 from a pop. of 2 million.
@@juliebird5307 the NZ numbers are WW2
in WW1 it was 16,000 and a pop. of 1 million
we lost 2 million soldiers
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my family lived in France when i was younger and we attended the ANZAC day dawn service at villers bretonneux and it was an amazing experience to stand where my family members fought. Being at the battle fields at dawn is a moving experience, we were able to find our family members names on the shrine of remembrance there.
Yesterday I attended my local ANZAC service and even though it was pouring rain it was very well attended.
“ Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”
Quote attributed to Mustafa Kamal Ataturk
That quote makes me cry every time
ANZAC biscuits travelled well because there are no eggs in them..so could be sent across the world. The dawn service at the Shrine of Remberence in Melbourne was attended by 50,000 people yesterday. There are hundreds of dawn services..held in suburbs and towns across the country, attended by veterans, current serving members, families. It's really a moving thing to attend.
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
This is a section of a poem (for the fallen) commonly quoted at a dawn service along with the saying ("Lest we forget"). Maybe you two could watch it virtually next year?
The way we see it, they were Aussies. We love them, we respect them, we appreciate their sacrifice, we honour them, and we remember them. They gave their lives for us and many others to live free and be safe. It is irrelevant how long it has been. I honestly think in 1000 years, they will still remember them, honour them, and cry for them. They were our fellow Aussies. No matter how long ago they lived.
auusies are aussies time dosnt erase that
Ozzy bloke well said
And New Zealanders
Arnt you forgetting someone ANZAC
They were Kiwis too.
The playing of The Last Post at dawn service still sends chills down my spine and tears to my eyes, reflecting on those fellow Australians who sacrificed for us today.
From the Commander of the Turkish troopsi at Gallipoli and future President of Turkey
""Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore, rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours... You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well."[1]
Wow, thank you!
Quite a few Australian & New Zealanders travel to Gallipoli, Turkey with the Turks to commemorate and be at the dawn service, all our cities and towns have a dawn service, and our major cities have an ANZAC parade, during the pandemic due to isolation a lot of people actually stood outside their house on the street with alit candle dawn service.
A fun fact on ANZAC is the only day allowed and legal to play "Two Up" a gambling game played by the WW1 soldiers.
During the pandemic we couldn’t all gather for the ANZAC Day dawn service so a lot of us stood out the front of our houses on the driveway with candles at dawn and played the last post. It was a beautiful moment to be apart of as we remembered our fallen soldiers.
In the Covid pandemic time, the ANZAC marches and dawn services were cancelled when we were in lockdown. But we Aussies still came up with a way to commemorate this important day. We woke up and walked to the end of our driveways at dawn, with candles or lights, played recordings of the last post, recited the Ode of Remembrance, and wore our past heroes medals with the same pride as always. Thousands of people did this around Australia. The ode of remembrance is:
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
This is recited every day at the War Memorial in Canberra. That is the building first shown in the video. If you ever get a chance to see it there it’s just before they close for the day. It’s very moving.
Also, we have entertainment clubs here called RSL’s. Returned Services Leagues clubs. At 6pm every day they ask people to stand and the Ode of remembrance is recited. Every day.
During covid lockdown candles were distributed to every household in my suburb because the local dawn services were cancelled. That morning it was wonderful to see everyone standing in their driveways at dawn holding a candle. There were loudspeakers broadcasting the service from the war memorial in Canberra
In little country towns we also did driveway services also displayed items at the driveway
The casualties suffered at Gallipoli were shocking to Australia, especially as we were a young nation with a small population. However, the following year at Fromelles in a 24 hour battle Australia suffered over 5,000 casualties of which 2,000 were killed. It's described by historians as the single worst day in Australian history.
"They shall grow not old,
As we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning
We will remember them."
Lest we forget.
I cannot, ever, get through hearing that verse with tears flowing down my face.
If you ever come to Australia you need to visit the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. It was founded by a man named C.W. Bean, who was a journalist and photographer who accompanied the troops onto the beaches at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.
Anzac Biscuits were sent to the soldiers in the battlefield, from Australia. Because of how long it took to get there, they couldn't have any ingredients that would spoil during the transport (they were placed inside tins). So the recipe has no eggs in it. Just flour, water, melted butter, golden syrup and baking soda. A slightly later recipe has desiccated coconut in it too.
Thank you Turkey for looking after our sons for so long. 💓
I started attending ANZAC Day marches as a spectator in 1960. Several of my relatives who had returned from WWI and WWII marched. In those days thousands of men and women marched. Now, those veterans are no longer with us. The veterans now are my friends and family who fought in Vietnam and a few survivors from Korea, although most of them are gone too. Now, family members are allowed to march in memory of ancestors who fought in war.
the dawn service in turkey has a 25 year waitlist
My Dad was a soldier in WW2 and he died young of cancer so yes we remember them. Thank you for showing that.
In Australia, when you drive through small country towns, there are statues of a digger’s who served from those towns. Digger’s is a nickname for Austrian soldiers.
The impact of ANZAC day is shown in almost every town. You will see a memorial in a prominent place in the town with heaps of names of those who died on the plate. Smaller towns of 500 may have lost up to 30 men who volunteered.
This year 50,000 attended the dawn service in Melbourne and that was just one service. They still hold services at Gallipoli and across France.
There's a Australian song 'And the Band played Waltzing Matilda' about the suffering and loss of World War 1
ANZAC Day during Covid lockdown in 2020 was so special also. We were all in lockdown and so many of us still woke up at dawn and stood at the end of our driveways to pay respect. Some suburbs had young musicians playing the last post for everyone to hear. ❤️
ty for mentioning this i was hoping someone would
In the 1980s Turkey officially renamed the place the Anzacs landed as Anzac Cove while Australia renamed the channel leading out of the Princess Royal Harbour (where the Australian troops ships left Australia) to Atatürk Channel. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was the commander opposing the Anzacs at Gallipoli and was later the first President of Turkey. He is the only enemy commander to have a memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra (Australia's capital city) and it is opposite the Australian War Memorial.
Hey guys ,
These biscuits were made and sent in whst you guys,would call care packages 📦, here is my recipe for our delicious ANZAC Biscuits - all these measurements are METRIC .
1 cup Plain Flour
1 cup Rolled Oats
3/4 cup Desiccated Coconut
3/4 cup Sugar
140gr Butter
3 teaspoons Golden Syrup
3 Tablespoons Boiling water
1 teaspoon Bicarb of Soda
A sprinkle of either cinnamon ,nutmeg or mixed spice .
1 Preheat your oven to 150 Degrees Celsius
2.Sift your flour into a bowl
3. Add your rolled oats, sugar, and Desiccated Coconut
4 . Melt your butter in a smaller deep pan on the stove , add the golden syrup & boiling water
5. Take the pan off the heat & add the Bicarbonate Soda , it will foam up ok, pour it immediately into the dry ingredients
6. Mix well with a wooden spoon, put baking paper ( parchment paper) on a tray , roll the mixture into small balls and place on your tray( give space between as they spread in the oven)
7. Bake in a slow 🐌 150 Degrees Celsius oven for approx. 15 - 20 minutes or until golden , watch them as they burn easily.
8. After baking leave on tray for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire cooling rack . Have with your favourite hot drink as a mid morning or mid afternoon snack 😋 delicious at any time of the year. My amazing Dad fought against the Japanese in Papua New Guinea in WW2 in the Royal Australian Air Force and was mentioned in dispatches. So ANZAC DAY - 25 APRIL- Dawn Service & 11 AM usually there are MILITARY parades in many Australian and New Zealand cities . Then we have REMEMBRANCE DAY - 11 NOVEMBER we have 2 minutes silence and REMEMBRANCE Services around AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 & NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿 to remember those who gave their lives for our FREEDOM.
Every Anzac Day a large number of Australians travel the Gallipoli for a Dawn service. It is the spot where the original ANZACs landed at dawn.
I'm from a military family with my grandfather, father and uncles who served in past wars. ANZAC Day is very special to my entire family. We have an Association called The RSL (Returned Servieman League) They are there to support the Soldiers and Family when there are issues. If you come to Australia please visit Canberra. The Big War museum is there!! Thank you for your appreciation to our Nation. 🤗🤗💖
Australians and New Zealanders travel to Gallipoli and de Villers-Bretonneux in France for the Anzac dawn services there… every state in Australia has a special Dawn service as well…
I would suggest watching a dawn service.. they are beautiful
We also celebrate Remembrance day which is on the 11th of November where the whole country stands still in remembrance of our soldiers who have died and suffered in all wars and armed conflict ( the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month) with many memorial events hosted.
A couple of notes
Because of the ingredients, Anzac biscuits travel well- they lack eggs or milk
The evacuation of Gallipoli was considered the most successful part of the campaign...
Australia has:
5 major cities (each over 1,000,000),
14 other cities (each between 100,000 & 1,000,000),
375 towns/cities (each between 10,000 & 100,000) approx.
1306 small towns (each under 10,000) approx.
And it is worth noting that in virtually each of these towns & cities:
- there is a monument in the form of a cenotaph, either constructed in 1915 or soon thereafter, and
- there is an ANZAC Day dawn service, which is followed by a march through the city or town.
- ANZAC Day is also a public holiday throughout Australia & New Zealand
- ANZAC Day is also celebrated throughout the world wherever Australians & New Zealanders reside
- special ANZAC Day celebrations are also held, such as on the Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey) and at Villers-Bretonneux (France)
Wow! Great comment✌🏼
in new zealand on anzac day everything is shut until noon and then shops, pubs and businesses can reopen after then
One thing that the video didn’t make clear, is that there is a Dawn Service held at Gallipoli, in Turkey, every year and it is always well attended by Australians and New Zealanders, despite the distance from home. I managed to go in 1995, the 80th anniversary, along with 10,000 others. (Obviously Covid caused a few problems the last couple of years, but I imagine, as of next year, the numbers will go back up.) In the 60’s and 70’s when the Vietnam War was being fought, attendances at Anzac Day were well down. It was only after a 1981 movie called ‘Gallipoli’ was released, that interest in Anzac Day was increased again. (‘Gallipoli’, directed by Peter Weir and starring a very young Mel Gibson, was a surprisingly funny, but ultimately sad account of the doomed Gallipoli campaign.) One of the reasons it still resonates with Australians and New Zealanders today is that it was the first time that the two countries fought under their own banner and not as ‘British’ forces. For we Aussies, it was like the birth of the Australian spirit and identity…as mentioned in the video. I hope you get to see this movie one day. It really does capture, for me, a lot that is behind the character and the humour of Australians and our Kiwi cousins. ( FYI, my paternal great uncle landed at Gallipoli on April 25th, 1915, survived being shot 3 weeks later and was returned there after being in hospital on an island nearby. He was evacuated at the end of the campaign and after a short stint in Egypt, was sent to the Somme in France….which was worse. My maternal grandfather was also on the Somme. My father and uncle also spent 5 years in New Guinea in WW 2 as young men. Thankfully, all 4 of my family members returned.)
You Check it out Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. The film revolves around several young men from Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Army during the First World War. They are sent to the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Turkey), where they take part in the Gallipoli Campaign. During the course of the film, the young men slowly lose their innocence about the purpose of war. The climax of the film occurs on the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli, depicting the futile attack at the Battle of the Nek on 7 August 1915. It modifies events for dramatic purpose and contains a number of significant historical inaccuracies.
I’d like to mention, my great great uncle who died on the western front ( a battle in France during WW1) I feel so connected to a bloke whom I never met, who died in 1917, every year we light a candle for him and go through a really special book of things he sent back home during his time fighting, it’s incredibly special for me and my family, we are beyond proud of our boys known or not, it’s a beautiful thing, we also have rememberance day on the 11th November
the biscuit was because it was longer lasting than bread so was able to be carried as food during fighting periods.
When the pandemic hit, ANZAC day memorial service could not be held due to COVID 19. Australians were all encouraged to go to their drive way at dawn and hold a private ANZAC memorial service. Many people, families, friends, neighbours all did this, with candles, poppies and warm clothes. Some were lucky neighbourhoods had a person with an instrument (trumpet, bugle, tuba) play "The Last Post" and "We Will Remember Them", whilst bowing their heads in silences.
Part of the reason that the ANZACs and the Gallipoli campaign are so important to Australians is that it was the first foreign battle that Australians fought post federation, and so fought as "Australians" and not as members of "the colony of NSW" or such.
ANZAC Day is the most important day of the year for me, including Christmas and my birthday
The Dawn Service shown at 14.00 is the one at Gallipoli in Turkey. Many AUS and NZ travellers attend, and Turkey is very co-operative. Thank You, Turkey. Dawn Services are held around AUS. What other nations commemorate a defeat? There can't be many! For Turkey, victory ensured that Istanbul would not be attacked. Mustafa Kamal (later named Attaturk) was the Turkish commander at Gallipoli, and went on to lead modern Turkey. He made an amazingly magnanimous speech about the dead at Gallipoli. That man was a true statesman.
My great-grandfather was a Gallipoli survivor from 1915. I have a replica of the medals he earned and wear them proudly in honor of him every year at the dawn service.
As an Aussie, there’s not many things more humbling than standing in the cold and dark on ANZAC Day, watching the sun come up silently, to then hear a lone trumpet belt out Reville and the last post. Reville to signify the morning approaching, and the last post to farewell those who gave their lives. I always tear up thinking about the kids who lied about their age, and were really as young as 15, who arrived at dawn on Gallipoli, only to have to climb a cliff while the Turks were waiting for them with machine gun nests. Truly as waste of life.
An often played song on Anzac Day is The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Eric Bogle. It tells of the horrors of war. A heart breaking song so have the tissues ready if you have a listen.
Miles says he never cries well I’m throwing down the challenge 😝
Yes, always listen it around ANZAC Day. No shame in a grown man weeping.
A couple of years ago, at the height of the covid scare, the usual public services were put on hold. We were asked to remember with minimal contact. In our small street in Sydney's Upper North Shore, at 6am everyone went to their front gate, holding a small candle. One of the young fellows a couple of houses away was in the cadet band at the nearby school - he came out with a bugle and played the Last Post. It was intensely moving.
The usual observance is at a local park. About 1500 - 2000 people gather at 8 am, with various dignitaries. The traffic is stopped for a short march, a speech or 2, the Last Post, silence, and Reveille. Flowers laid at the nearby War Memorial.
The modern recipe for Anzac biscuits is not the same rock hard dry biscuit, called a "tack biscuit", the troops had to eat in World War 1, but they are similar to what was sent from home in packages from families back in the period. They're very much considered a patriotic snack here. To prevent commercial exploitation the term "Anzac" has been protected under Australian law since 1920 and that protection also applies to "Anzac biscuit" (it is not allowed to be called a cookie). To be legally called an Anzac biscuit it can't deviate substantially from the recipe published on the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs website. Breaching the law protecting the term "Anzac" is a Federal criminal offence punishable by up to 12 months imprisonment.
LEST WE FORGET refers to people not forgetting those who layer down their lives & served to protect our country & assist our allies.
Anzac biscuits were often sent to soldiers in care packages sent from home & yes were also a substitute for bread. The ingredients were easy to come by & cost effective in times of finacial hardship.
Some of the images of people remembering at the dawn service had travelled from Australia 🇦🇺 to the original site of the ANZAC battle @ lone pine in Turkey.
Kind regards from Adelaide, South Australia 🇦🇺
We, too, have a tomb of the unknown soldier, at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Every day at the memorial, the day is concluded at 16:45 hrs with the playing of The Last Post by the Pool of Reflection [where the unknown soldier's tomb resides as does the plaques with the names of all the servicemen who have lost their lives in Australia's defence]. If you are visiting Canberra then this is a definite must on your bucket list. In fact, set aside a whole day to visit the memorial. It's an incredible experience.
A Dawn Service at Gallipoli is heart-rendingly sad and prideful at the same time. I lost a great-uncle in the Lone Pine attack, and had other family members survive and go on to France and Palestine. Visiting these places can make you so emotional.
You really should watch one of Mel Gibson’s great early movies from the 80s, Galipolli, it shows the eagerness of the young men, looking for adventure, wanting to take part and brings home the serious of Galipolli. There was also a recent mini serious of it made a few years ago, really great.
The most successful thing about Galipolli was the successful evacuation of all soldiers from the peninsula over a night and made the Turks think they were still there. They set up a system that made weapons fire at random, pretty clever.
Oft overlooked, in this context (in remembrance of Anzac and Turkish sacrifice), is that British (inc. Canadians, Irish, and Indian troops) and French forces were also involved in the Gallipoli campaign. What I find so lovely about these remembrance services, is that folk from all of these nations get involved, in order to remember their brave kin. All remember.
We also commemorate Armistice Day, with the playing of The Last Post, reciting the Ode to the Fallen, a mintute's silence at 11am, then the playing of Reveille. Every village has a gathering place for this. Again, red poppies and rosemary are used, solemn speeches are made about sacrifice and the futility of war, etc. It's very important to us to remember the people who have fought, and those who continue to fight for freedom
Anzacs biscuits were made for our troops to send to our troops in gallopili as they travelled well inthere rations along with other food and drinks from a aussie .lest we forget
Usually there is a big ANZAC day dawn service in Turkey. There is a memorial there by a Turkish commander on a monument at Gallipoli. To paraphrase it he basically said.” You sent your sons to fight . We will look after your fallen. “ So basically any ANZAC that died and was buried at Gallipoli is being cared for by the Turkish people.
Gallipoli was the the first battle that Australia partook in as a country. We had been to previous wars but as part of the British forces
And don’t forget that the dawn service is also held in France and Turkey
We also have purple Poppy's for the service animals, which has been a recent addition I believe. This year due to my health issues I watched from my bed.
Also the white poppy is for the wife's sisters and people who served at home, the Cwa(country womens association)the girl guides, the boy scouts served as well.
that dawn service shown is the one at gallipoli, when the countries are not fighting they allow aussies there to pay their respects.
Australian men volunteered to help Brittain against Germany in Europe, to do this the British Navy landed them at Gallipoli Cove in Turkey (wrong place) to help open up the Black Sea for ships! They were left there without rations, warm clothes, reinforcements, or medical evacuations! They had trenches opposite the Turkish trenches (who had greater artillery from Germany) and frequently bodies could not be buried - the rate of illness was overwhelming! On the opposite side of the world from home they only had each other, they occasionally helped their enemy soldiers survive!! 😪
New Zealand only had a population of 2 million then ,they lost a hugh number for a small population of a small country.
The ANZAC biscuits are easy to make, so they were often sent overseas by the people at home :)
I'm happy that Australia is what it is, it could have been so many other things if not for Our ANZAC'S.
Oh yes, we were in extreme danger in WWI. German missionaries in New Guinea were on the way here to kill us all. I we hadn't have sent troops off to the Mediterranean who know what could have happened. WWII was different, but there was no ANZAC core then.
our ANZACS SAYS IT ALL... THANKS MATE
MISTAKE THANKS DIGGER
Part of why Gallipoli is so remembered as it is a good example of war , often pointless with those in power risking little, those on the ground paying everything.
Basically they got stuck on the beaches and cliffs they landed on, killed a lot of Turkish and and left without achieving anything useful, just a lot of death.
G'day, The English were in charge.
The Australians were landed at the wrong location
Some of the first to land were able to scale the cliffs and get past the Turks before the Turks got the defences sorted out. Then the Australians were cut off from support/supplies.
The evacuation was done without the Turks realizing until virtually completed.
The ANZAC troops were renowned for their fighting skills.
Last year with covid and we could not gather. Many Australians gathered outside their homes at dawn with their radios on and listened to the dawn service. To look up and down our street to see our neighbours standing there for the dawn service was an amazing thing. To all our service men and woman we honour you. 🎖
That is so beautiful Jenny. In my set of units for Aboriginal Elders, we too got up early during Covid and stood at on our verandahs and listened to the services and the last post. We each held a photograph of our family who gave service to our country and remembered them and all who gave and served. Lest We Forget.
We did that this year as well
@@charki40 We thank them for their sacrifice. Lest we Forget.
Yesterday at the Dawn Service held in Melbourne 50 thousand people attended and that is just one of the Dawn Services held all over the country and also in Turkey.
Memorial Day equivalent here is "Remembrance Day"
A minute silence is held at 11am on November 11th. (Armistice Day - 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month.)
The soldiers with the pointy hats are from New Zealand, and the ones with one side up are Australian
The Dawn ceremony usually starts at 4:27am, but services are held at different times throughout the day. The leader of the Turks went on to become the president of Turkey. I watched a documentary that included letters to his wife where he said that he could not believe the bravery of the ANZACS. But the English generals really made some stupid decisions, like bayonet charges against machine guns.
The reason for the biscuits is because during the war there were obviously food shortages and rations and these particular ingredients were more readily available for people to make and send to,our soldiers in a care package…in short
What they didnt show was the incredibly haunting and moving sound of the Bugler playing the Last Post
During the first world war women in Australia would make a biscuit made out of oats, flour, golden syrup and a few other ingredients and send them to their men who were fighting in the war. Food was pretty ordinary especially on the front and the biscuits were made of ingredients that didn't go sour so they were both fresh, nutritious and reminded the men of home. The name ANZAC is for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp thus ANZAC biscuits.
Anzac biscuits were made by wives & mothers of the soldiers. The biscuits were put in the care packages with a multitude of other personal stuff for the serving soldiers .
Here in Melbourne we had over 50.000 people at the dawn service at the Shrine of remembrance.
As many Aussie diggers (soldiers) died in WWI as US troops, but with a fraction of the population. The war was a defining event in our history.
The services all throughout Australia and NZ are huge. 30,000 people attended the Dawn Service in Melbourne, alone. In addition to the Dawn Services, later on in the day veterans march to the local war memorial, with crowds cheering them on. Then there is another memorial service.
There were 50,000 people at the Melbourne Dawn Service this year.
Ultimately the ANZAC biscuits were made with what they had commonly on hand.
When fresh they are nice and fluffy and soft. Over time they go hard and somewhat crumbly. But they don't actually go off for quite some time. Can be weeks to months old but still be edible.
Not all, but for a lot of us Australians ( Indigenous and white), and New Zealanders (Maori and Kiwi) ANZAC day is the most important national holiday of the year. It represents our hopes, dreams, courage and determination of next door neighbour dual nations, to be and remain free. We're extremely proud of what our Aussie and NZ diggers, explosive experts, Drs, Nurses, did and sacrificed to keep us free. If we can't for some reason (covid, sick kids etc) make it to the dawn service, we take a candle out to the end of our driveways, turn our radio's up at 5:45am, listen, bow our heads in remembrance of our brave ancestors, to show our gratitude to everything they've done, and still do, to keep our country as safe as possible. With the many severe weather and fire events we've had, we very often call on our military for help. Teaching our next generation about our ANZAC's, is normally taught by Nans and Pops as our grandkids grow, and we get them out of bed for their first dawn service and start explaining why we're all gathering to pay our respects and So Its Never Forgotten, normally around age 2/3 depending on how cold it is that year, then they learn more in primary school, as well as each school does an anzac parade during the weekly school assembly. To stop the never ending cycle of "history repeating itself", we must learn from history, and improve to stop the horrors these men fought in, saw and experienced, from ever happening again - LEST WE FORGET.........If you want to learn more about our ANZAC's, please watch the movie "Gallipoli"
ANAZC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corp
Lest we forget
They shall not grow old, as we that are left to grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We shall remember them.
We have attended Anzac Day Dawn Service since our kids were very young. I love the respect they show for our past & present servicemen & women. They know our family history & those members who fought. The Dawn Service is reverent & humbling.
My grandfather, for one, was a mechanic & light horseman in WW2. My son has always wanted to work with cars since understanding what his great grandfather did. He’s realising that dream, just starting his apprenticeship in heavy diesel mechanics. It’s funny where connections lead you.
As a family we enjoyed the service this year after Covid, our numbers have grown to include partners & friends (was rather hectic cooking a big breakfast for them all afterwards though😆). I love that this generation continue such an important tradition
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Lest we forget
Dawn services are heart ranching, I cry everytime I hear "The Last Post". Even during lockdowns, our dawn services went on, they broadcast them over the radio, and everyone stood out front of their houses. People were playing The Last post on whatever instruments they had. There are plenty of clips on RUclips & Tik Tok. You should watch a dawn service, the one in Gallipoli is hugh, so they had to limit numbers it's so popular.
If you want to see WW1 in colour, Peter Jackson ( of LOTR fame) restored a whole heap of footage ( and included sound) of movies. It’s called “they shall not grow old”.
Thank you for handling this video with respect, compassion and maturity. I've only been following you for a week now, but this solidified my appreciation of the channel. You're not just hunting for Australian views, it seems, you genuinely have an interest in our nation and history.
Thanks, fellas. Get a dog up ya.
🇦🇺 The total population of Australia was fewer than 5 million people in 1915 and 416,806 enlisted. Of those 61,645 were killed &156,000 were wounded, gassed or taken prisoner.Thank you for your coverage
We also have the tomb of the unknown soldier at our war memorial in Canberra ACT. It’s a very moving place. The dawn service is very somber and the emotions and feelings invoked are massive. Time to reflect and be thankful for the sacrifice for us to have the life we do today. It is also a national public holiday
My Great Grandfather served in the ANZAC'S in the 1st LightHorse regiment, my mother marched for many years as a desendent and now I had that honour this year when it was passed down to me. Most desendents march with repellent medals but our family is lucky to have the originals.
What you need to know is that my Great Grandfather was Aboriginal and in that time in Australia, Aboriginal people were not classed as citizens but as flora and fauna so He along with 1000 other Aboriginal men from all over lied about there nationality so they too could serve. It has taken the Australian government 100 years to acknowledge these brave soldiers.
The Dawn Service is held in just about every suburb in Australia it is also held in Gallipoli in Turkey were the Battle took place in 1915 and also a battle was fought or 25 April 1918 at Villers Bretonneux in France was liberated so ANZAC day is selibrated their to. The wonderful thing about Villers Bretonneux is after we had beaten the German out Australian children gave mony to rebuild the School there and the is a monument and to this day there is a sign over the entrance to the school building saying Never Forget Australia.
In 1918, American academic and teacher Moïna Michael was inspired to write a poem after reading McCrae's In Flanders Fields. Michael's poem is called We Shall Keep the Faith. She is known as the first person to wear a red poppy as a personal commemoration. She also encouraged the sale of poppies to raise money for veterans. This gave rise to the poppy becoming a symbol of remembrance around the world. in Australia, we
In Australia, we recognize red poppies as the flower of remembrance. Traditionally, they are:
worn on clothing for commemorative services, placed beside names on honor boards and rolls, woven into wreaths on special days of commemoration
Children may like to wear a home-made poppy at their next Anzac Day or Remembrance Day commemoration or to share their creative poppy art with a veteran in their community.,
As an Aussie, thank you for taking the time to learn about the ANZACS
I've seen a few reactions to this video, but I don't think it explains ANZACs very well. Anzac day is more than remembering the soldiers of Gallipoli (though that is part of it for sure), but it is also how that battle, the attitudes and behaviours of the soldiers, the poor management by the British, etc has all shaped Australian culture since then.
I would 100% recommend watching ANY Aussie made Gallipoli movie or TV mini-series to get a better idea.
There is also a really good Australian film called “Gallipoli”” with Mel Gibson ( 1980’s).
my town has rosemary that was grown from the original plants in gallipoli that surround our ANZAC memorial
The name Gallipoli, comes from the Greek, Καλλί-πολις (Kallí-polis) meaning, "Beautiful City."
Anzac biscuits were a staple in soldiers rations.
Even during covid lockdown. We all took candles out at dawn to our driveways and played the last post. A bugle song we always play on Anzac day.
Everyday of the year at sunset in return servicemans leagues clubs We stand and pay respect with a minutes silence.
I live in Ballarat Victoria, and not far from where I live is the Arch of Victory and the Avenue of Honour which is approx 22 kilometres long. Along this stretch is a total of 3912 trees that represents each Local Men & Women who served in World War I and a plaque with the their names and ranks.
You can search for Gallipoli Dawn Service 25th April abs see it today. It’s pretty much unchanged except for area where they hold the service.