ANZAC Day - Gallipoli Campaign beginning on April 25, 1915 - Lest We Forget

100 years have passed since Australian and New Zealand troops landed on Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (or Gelibolu in modern Turkey) on April 25, 1915. There were massive amounts of casualties on all sides. Australia and New Zealand observe April 25 as ANZAC Day.


Some links with more information include the following.

The Gallipoli Campaign. 

Live ABC coverage of the ceremonies in Gallipoli and Australia.

Australian Rules Football is one of my favorite sports. These are some links to remembrances in Australia and locally in NYC.

Anzac Day 2015: AFL players remember club mates who gave up football for front line and died on first day of battle

New York Magpies Australian Rules Football Team.

My paternal grandfather Stojan fought in World War I. I wanted to remember him and others who fought. My friend Aleksandra Rebic blogged this post on her Heroes of Serbia website. 

"Serbian Veterans and Descendants Association Australia" announces ANZAC DAY PARADE IN AUSTRALIA SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2015

"For the participants of the

Anzac Day Parade April 25, 2015,

don't forget

your black suit, black tie, subare, sajkace,

and your Chetnik pride!"

SerbianVeteransand DescendantsAustralia

on Facebook.

"...Anzac Day is arguably Australia's most important national occasion. Every year, Australians commemorate the anniversary of that first campaign [Gallipoli April 1915], and at the same time commemorate all the military conflicts that followed..."

Wendy Frew
Australia editor, BBC News Online

April 24, 2015

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If you would like to get in touch with me, Aleksandra,

please feel free to contact me at heroesofserbia@yahoo.com

A great photo that a friend of a friend posted on FaceBook.

 

Lest We Forget! Vechnaya Pamyat Deda Stojan!

Tomislav S. Djurdjevich
April 25, 2015
New York, NY USA