We will remember them - Anzac Day

New Zealand and Australia come together for their Remembrance Day, a day that helped forge them as nations that stood apart from Great Britain.  The April 25th is hugely important to our 2 countries, as it is the day we have chosen to remember those who have served in many wars that we have been involved in together.
Other countries have their own Remembrance Days,  selected for them through different dates that have gone down in history as being important or significant to them.

Worthy of their Sacrifice - Schools Spectacular 2013

As the Corona Virus still affects both countries, this will be a very different Remembrance day for our nations. No attending the Cenotaphs for the Dawn Services, no watching the light displays and films being broadcast across the walls of our National Museum at the Domain, no expeditions to Gallipoli or Passchendaele to see the battlefields.

This year will see a number of New Zealanders and Australians of all nationalities standing outside their homes, looking to the stars or the oncoming sunrise or the new day. A day when we remember the huge loss of life and injuries suffered by all sides affected by this and every war that has come after.

“The landing at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915, and the fighting which took place on the peninsula will never be forgotten. They showed to the world the heroism of all those who shed their blood there. How heartrending for their nations were the losses that this struggle caused.” - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.