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The history of ANZAC

    ANZAC is short for Australia and New Zealand Army corps.

They were called in along side the British and French to attack the turks at Gallipoli to help lower the pressure on Russian forces who were fighting the Germans.

The ANZAC's landed at Gaba tepe where they would try to take the peninsula while fighting the Ottoman forces.
8556 New Zealanders landed at what would now be named the ANZAC cove of which 7447 were killed or wounded.      

           


                                     

In memory of the ANZACs, we stand at dawn on April 25th every year remembering them.