What are facts about the Anzac soldiers of World War 1?

Answer 1

ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The troops landed at Gallipoli on the Turkish Aegean coast on 25 April 1915. It is believed that because of a navigational error, the ANZACs accidentally came ashore a mile or so north of the intended landing point. Instead of facing the expected beach and gentle slope they found themselves at the bottom of steep cliffs, offering the few Turkish defenders an ideal defensive position. Of the 1500 men who waded ashore that first day, 755 remained in active service at the end of the day. The remainder were killed or wounded. The first landing of troops was made by the Third Australian Brigade which, according to war correspondent C.E.W.Bean, consisted of men from Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania, had been chosen to make the landing, many of whom were miners from the Broken Hill and Western Australian gold-fields. One of the men who landed with the ANZACs was John Simpson Kirkpatrick, who took one of the donkeys that had also been landed (or rather, that successfully swam ashore when thrown overboard), and started ferrying wounded men up and down "Shrapnel Gully". Simpson continued this service for just over three weeks until he was killed, whereupon New Zealander Richard Henderson took over Simpson's job. Establishing a foothold, the ANZACs found an advance to be impossible. After eight months of stalemate, the Allies withdrew from the peninsula, leaving about 8700 dead amongst the troops.

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Answer 2

ANZAC Day is commemorated on 25 April every year in the countries of Australia and New Zealand. On the first actual day which Australians and New Zealanders commemorate annually as ANZAC Day, the ANZAC troops landed at Gallipoli on the Turkish Aegean coast, on 25 April 1915.

Due to a navigational error, the ANZACs came ashore about a mile north of the intended landing point. Instead of facing the expected beach and gentle slope they found themselves at the base of steep cliffs, and completely vulnerable to the Turkish defenders. Of the 1500 men who waded ashore that first day, 755 remained in active service at the end of the day, with the remainder killed or wounded. Advance was impossible.

After eight months of stalemate, the Allies withdrew from the peninsula, leaving about 8700 dead amongst the troops.

Answer 3

The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. These were the Australian and New Zealand troops who were sent to the Gallipoli campaign. The original ANZAC landing at Gallipoli occurred on 25 April 1915. Altogether, around 8000 Australian troops and 2,700 New Zealand troops died.

From 1916 onwards, in both Australia and New Zealand, ANZAC services were held on or about April 25, mainly organised by returned servicemen and school children in cooperation with local authorities.

25 April 1916 was the first unofficial ANZAC day. 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. In London over 2,000 Australian and New Zealand troops marched through the streets. In the Sydney march wounded soldiers attended by nurses also took part in the march with the aid of motor vehicles.

ANZAC Day was gazetted as a public holiday in New Zealand in 1921. In Australia, it was decided at the 1921 state premiers conference that ANZAC Day be observed on April 25 each year. Initially, it was not observed uniformly in all the states. It wasn't until 1927 that all Australians commemorated the day with a public holiday.