Latest News for ANZAC day 2009 in Villers Bretoneux
Please note the following information :
THE ANZAC DAWN SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY ,APRIL 25th AT THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MEMORIAL - VB - SOMME - PICARDY -FRANCE
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ANZAC 2009
We will remember themWelcome to the Somme's Anzac 2009 official website.
This website is dedicated to Australian and New Zealander visitors coming to the Somme.
You will find practical and useful information such as available accommodation during the Anzac events.
A list and description of Hotels,B&B and Campsites around Amiens,Villers Bretonneux and battlefields area.
The Somme General Council and Somme Board of Tourism are very concerned about making your stay and visit as pleasant as possible.
Villers Bretonneux Photos of the ANZAC dawn service 2008 & ANZAC Service 2008
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Where is Villers Bretonneux ? ............and other battlefields sites !
Digger in the Somme
On 23-24 April, the Germans captured Villers Bretonneux and advanced out of town along the railway line towards Amiens.That night, 24-25 April, six battalions of AIF counter attacked to the south and north of the cemetery, encircling VB, and retook the town.This famous action heralded the end of the German advance of March-April in the Somme area.
Previous ANZAC days in the Somme
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Significance of ANZAC
The Anzac tradition - the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are still relevant today was established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
It was the start of a campaign that lasted eight months and resulted in some 25,000 Australian casualties, including 8,700 who were killed or died of wounds or disease.
The men who served on the Gallipoli Peninsula created a legend, adding the word ‘Anzac’ to the Australian and New Zealand vocabularies and creating the notion of the Anzac spirit.
In 1916, the first anniversary of the landing was observed in Australia, New Zealand and England and by troops in Egypt. That year, 25 April was officially named ‘Anzac Day’ by the Acting Prime Minister, George Pearce.
By the 1920s, Anzac Day ceremonies were held throughout Australia. All States had designated Anzac Day as a public holiday. Commemoration of Anzac Day continued throughout the 1930s and 1940s with World War II veterans joining parades around the country. In the ensuing decades returned servicemen and women from the conflicts in Malaya, Indonesia, Korea and Vietnam, veterans from allied countries and peacekeepers joined the parades.
During the 1960s and 1970s the number of people attending Anzac Day marches fell as Australians questioned the relevance of Anzac Day. However, in the 1990s there was a resurgence of interest in Anzac Day, with attendances, particularly by young people, increasing across Australia and with many making the pilgrimage to the Gallipoli Peninsula to attend the Dawn Service
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