Monday, 25 April 2016

ANZAC DAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY 2016

ANZAC DAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY 2016

As dawn approached on 25 April the Ribble, along with other British destroyers and battleships, eased its way towards the Gallipoli peninsula.
The first wave of men, whose task it was to storm the beach and then push inland as fast as possible, was composed of the units of the 3rd Australian Brigade: three infantry battalions of men from Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.
They made the last part of their night journey in thirty-six rowing boats, towed inshore from battleships by small Royal Navy steam boats.
Even before they reached the beach in the half-light, the small Turkish garrison had spotted them and bullets began hitting the boats, killing some, wounding others. As the boats grounded around the tip of the Ari Burnu promontory men launched themselves out, some into deep water where they drowned.
Most struggled ashore, soaking wet and weighed down by their rifles and sodden packs. There was initial confusion about where exactly they had landed, for above them towered a steep cliff-like landscape. Australia's official historian, Charles Bean, later described this critical moment.

Townsville the Garrison City had a huge crowd attend the Dawn service and the parade at 9am but all over the country the Anzac Day tradition lives on.
Photos will be added as they come in

Townsville the Garrison City parade

 

Monday, 25 April 2016
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