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Honouring service and sacrifice

A physical expression of the spirit and legend of the Anzac — Honouring service, and the Courage, Endurance, and Sacrifice by all servicemen, servicewomen and their families.

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Serving the White Ensign: 110 years of the Australian Fleet

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Learning with the Anzac Memorial

The History of the Anzac Memorial

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On this day

7 November

— 1917

Third Battle of GAZA (Palestine). Following the fall of BEERSHEBA, troops of the Australian Light Horse were involved in the capture of GAZA and the rapid advance northward towards Jerusalem

— 1917

Bolsheviks, under Vladimir LENIN, occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in Petrograd, Russia, leading to Russia’s withdrawal from WW1

— 1940

British freighter SS CAMBRIDGE sank off Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, after striking a mine laid by the German raider PINGUIN. This was the first Allied ship to be lost off the Australian coast in World War 2.