MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Friday for dawn ...

ANZAC Day commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars conflicts, and peacekeeping ...

April 25 is the date in 1915 when the newly formed Australia and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the ... sent a message thanking that country’s World War II veterans for their service as ...

It has been 80 years since World War II ended, Kiro noted ... Wreaths were also laid on behalf of the governments and people of New Zealand and Australia. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown laid a ...

Anzac Day originally marked the ill-fated World War I landing of Australia and New Zealand Army Corps troops at ... thanked the countries' World War II veterans for their "selfless service in ...

On 25 April 1915, 16,000 Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC ... Later, Anzac Day also served to commemorate Australians who died in World War II and all subsequent military and peacekeeping ...

ANZAC Day, which falls on April 25 each year, is, of course, a national day commemorating the sacrifice and service of the Australia and New Zealand ... the Nazis in World War II The specific ...

This year is particularly poignant as it has been 110 years since the Gallipoli landing and 80 years since the end of World War II, said Katikati ... of the New Zealand Army.

Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, so the day is called Anzac Day in recognition ... and in memory of those who gave their lives for the Empire". After World War II, the day's ...

Thousands gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Friday for Anzac Day, a public holiday commemorating military service ...