What day is ANZAC day celebrated?
The 25th of April 1915
What are diggers?
Australian soldiers
What are ANZAC biscuits and what is the story behind?
Oat based biscuits that were sent to Australian soldiers in Gallipoli by their wives and women’s support groups.
Where is the Australian War memorial located?
In Canberra, ACT
What does the acronym ANZAC mean?
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
What does the poppy symbolise?
Sacrifice and hope
Where is Flanders Fields located?
In Belgium
What is Gallipoli?
A peninsula in Turkey, between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles
What is the Battle of Lone Pine?
The battle where Australian forces captured a Turkish trench system
What does the phrase “Lest Us Forget” mean?
We should never forget- those who never came back
Who was excluded to enlist the AIF at the beginning of WW1?
Anyone without a European descent or of non European descent
Who helped injured soldiers with his donkey?
John Simpson Kilkpatrick
Who wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields”
Lieutenant- Colonel John McCrae
What day did ANZACs leave Gallipoli?
The 20th of December 1915
How many Australian soldier casualties were there by the time they left Gallipoli?
8,100
What day did WW1 finish?
11 November 1918
