Anzac Day

Anzac Day
Anzac Day Dawn Service at Kings Park, Western Australia, 25 April 2009, 94th anniversary.
Also calledMāori: Rā o Ngā Hōia[1]
Observed byAustralia
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cook Islands
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Tokelau
Tonga
TypeCommemorative, patriotic, historic
SignificanceNational day of remembrance and first landing of the Anzacs at Gallipoli
ObservancesDawn services, commemorative marches, remembrance services
Date25 April
Next time25 April 2025 (2025-04-25)
FrequencyAnnual
Related toRemembrance Day
The remembrance poppy is an artificial flower that has been used since 1921 to commemorate war dead.
Flags on the cenotaph in Wellington for the 2007 Dawn March. From left to right, the flags of New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Anzac Day[a] is a national day of remembrance in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".[3][4] Observed on 25 April each year, Anzac Day was originally devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served in the Gallipoli campaign, their first engagement in the First World War (1914–1918).

  1. ^ a b "Rā o Ngā Hōia". Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Rā Whakamahara ki ngā Hōia o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa – te Aka Māori Dictionary". Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ "ANZAC Day". Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Anzac Day Today". Anzac.govt.nz. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.


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