ANZAC is an acronym for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps, as when World War I broke out in 1914, Australia and New Zealand had one common army. (They separated in 1917, and have been separate ever since) At 6am on April 25th, 1915, the ANZACs landed in Gallipoli Cove as part of an allied plan to conquer Turkey. Unfortunately they landed in an area that was mountainous and they gained little ground, the ANZACs sustained major casualties, the first of the war.
The first ANZAC day march to honour those soldiers was held in London in 1916, by the late 1920s it was officially created as a national day of commemoration.
ANZAC Day begins with a Dawn Service, at 6am as that was the time of the landing at Gallipoli. A march is held later that morning, veterans, descendants of veterans and communities that were allies all march.
It's become a sort of right of passage for young Australians and New Zealanders to attend the Dawn Service at Gallipoli in Turkey, precovid, large numbers would travel to Turkey each April.
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