• A special celebration to remember the brave

soldiers who went and fought

• They fought with all the British Empire
• Hundreds of men and women volunteered
• Many were aged between 14 and 20 and risked their
lives
• Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand
Army Corps
* Landed on 25th April 1915 at 4.28am
* Where they landed was not a planned site
* Turks’ army many times larger and holding high
ground
* Soldiers were easy targets to artillery and
machine guns
* After the first day they had lost 2000 lives and
only claimed 5.5 square metres of land
* Food and hygiene levels soon dropped and
conditions were treacherous
* Young soldiers were scared but fought on
* Better known as Simpson
* Was a stretcher bearer
* Found a donkey while looking for injured soldiers
* Called him Duffy and used him to carry injured
soldiers
* Was admired because he was brave and showed
mateship
* When he needed a rest Simpson took Duffy to an
Indian village
* Indians called Simpson ‘Bahadur’
* One day Simpson was shot as he was crouched
behind bushes and was 23
* Still remembered today as ‘The Man with the
Donkey’
* Private in the Gallipoli war
* Put himself in dangerous situations
* He was awarded the first Victoria Cross
* He then quickly became famous
* Became a Captain in March 1917
* Was injured many times but kept fighting
* Finally in 1918 he was gassed and never regained full
health
* In 1918 he was sent to hospital
* He died later that month from kidney disease
* He was 39
* Is also remembered today
These two men are still remembered today
because they showed true Anzac spirit and
spectacular qualities such as courage,
mateship, loyalty, determination and honour.
They are a true inspiration to our country.

We remember our soldiers with
Dawn services which include
prayers, marches, the Last
Post, a minute of silence, the
laying of wreaths, the Reveille
and more.
Some symbols we see are…..
* Poppies which stand for
remembrance
* Wreaths and rosemary which stand
for remembering the dead and
remembrance
* Anzac biscuits which have an
uncertain history but one story goes
when soldiers joined in WW1
someone made a biscuit to celebrate
A reading called The Ode is usually read at memorial services and it goes like
this..
Anzac Day means o me that we should remember our Diggers,
their qualities, the way they went about their duties and try to
show their Anzac spirit in our lives today. I will have a time to
remember by attending the Dawn Service on Anzac Day and I
am sure many of you are too. On the 25th of April every year,
we will remember the brave soldiers that united to protect our
Empire. They gave their lives so that we may live in peace.

Lest we forget