ANZAC WORK

Anzac is what we celebrate

Remembering the fallen

Many thousands of soldiers we owe our freedom to

You  and me must never forget them

By Felix

Dear ANZAC soldiers 

Thanks for the freedom you gave us I appreciate you standing your ground and 

being so brave and fighting back and saving all of those in need. We wish you all were still alive.
Even the ones that survived and the ones that didn’t and died, the ones that came out alive were
very lucky. Like my great great grandfathers and one of them has a great story,
amazing actually.  So he went to the war and he had a penny in his pocket covering
his heart so then he went out to fight and got shot in the heart but the penny deflected it
and it saved his life. He still got pretty hurt but he still survived so that's the good thing and
he lived but then he had a heart attack and died sadly.

Levi Kerr

Anzac day

Anzac day (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) is celebrated on
the 25th of April every year as a remembrance day for the New Zealand
and Australian people who fought in the war.

In 1915 New Zealand and Australian soldiers went to capture the
Gallipoli Peninsula to open a way into the Black Sea for the allied navies.
The aim was to capture Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire
which was an ally of Germany during the war. The Anzacs landed in
Gallipoli on the 25th of April and what had planned to be a bold attack to
knock the Ottomans out of the war  quickly became a draw.  

The attack dragged on for 8 months and by the end of 1915 the allied
forces evacuated, after both sides suffered many losses. 
Nowadays people celebrate ANZAC day by attending parades and dawn
ceremonies.
Poppies are worn to respect the people who died and some people make
Anzac biscuits
(Anzac biscuits were sent to the people at war because the ingredients
don't get spoiled over time).

By Susanne

ANZAC Day - 25th April

ANZAC: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

• Anzac day is a national day of remembrance, it marks the day

Australia and NZ soldiers joined WW1 in 1915

• Gallipoli is a narrow peninsula of land in Turkey
• The Anzac goal was to seize (take control of) the Gallipoli

peninsula from the Ottoman Empire and then to capture Constantinople,

the capital of the Ottoman Empire

• The Anzac’s landed on the beach at dawn with the Turkish soldiers

positioned high above them on the cliffs firing bullets down at them

• The fighting lasted 8 months before the British allies evacuated the

Australian and NZ troops

• More than 2700 New Zealand soldiers were killed and over 8000

Australian soldiers were killed

• The first Anzac Day commemorations were held on 25th April 1916
• There is a cenotaph / memorial in most New Zealand cities and towns.

These monuments honour the dead

By Michael



ANZAC (Australian New Zealand army corps)  day is a celebration and memory of the australian and New Zealand in the great war/world war 1 when the New Zealand/Australian army went to fight in Gallipoli. The soldiers who fought in Gallipoli are known as “ANZAC’s” ; those “ANZACs” wore a badge on their uniform. We remember Gallipoli to thank the soldiers who fought and died or got injured for the good. People normally celebrate this day by baking Anzac cookies and eating them, wearing a badge similar to the badge ANZAC soldiers wore in the 1914’s or during the battle of Gallipoli in the great war. 

By Yohann