April 25th is ANZAC Day in Australia that remembers the ANZAC soldiers of World War I along with other Australian soldiers of the past and today. ANZAC stands for the Australian New Zealand Army Corps that was formed in response to the British Empire’s request for troops to fight in World War I. The ANZAC’s most memorable battle was on the shores of Gallipoli in modern day Turkey where the Australians took massive losses in the blundered attack. However, the shared suffering and bravery of the attack resignates with the Australian character of mateship and is thus remembered on ANZAC Day.

In rememberance of the ANZACs most Australians attend a dawn service and recite the ANZAC Oath:

They shall grow not old as we are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.

Lest we forget.

Here is short video honoring Australia’s heroes:

Another ANZAC tribute can be found over at Blackfive.

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