The ANZAC "A" badge is a brass insignia authorised in November 1917 for members of the First Australian Imperial Force who had served as a member of the...
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The Rising Sun badge, also known as the General Service Badge or the Australian Army Badge, is the official insignia of the Australian Army, and is mostly...
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Kingdom New Anzac-on-Sea, former name of Peacehaven, England United States Anzac Village, New Mexico I ANZAC Corps II ANZAC Corps ANZAC A badge ANZAC Battle...
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The Anzac class (also identified as the ANZAC class and the MEKO 200 ANZ type) is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian...
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Friday before ANZAC Day (25 April), New Zealand's national day of commemoration. Remembrance plays a special part in the life of the RSA. A moment of silence...
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Anzac Avenue is a heritage-listed major arterial road lined with trees in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It runs 17.8 kilometres (11...
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The Fovant Badges are a set of regimental badges cut into a chalk hill, Fovant Down, near Fovant, in south-west Wiltshire, England. They are between Salisbury...
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HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) was the lead ship of the Anzac-class frigates in use with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Entering...
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Returned and Services League of Australia (redirect from R.S.S.I.L.A)
support, and proactive medical treatment for veterans major observances of ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day, and support of many other anniversaries and commemorations...
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HMAS Anzac (D59) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the destroyer...
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would receive a lapel badge. The first medallions were issued to Gallipoli veterans shortly before Anzac Day 1967. The medallion and lapel badge featured Simpson...
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HMAS Anzac was a Parker-class destroyer leader that served in the Royal Navy (as HMS Anzac) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in early 1917...
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National Rugby League (redirect from ANZAC Round)
It was deemed a success and has now been a scheduled annual event since. Special themed weeks within the premiership rounds include ANZAC Round, Heritage...
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13th Light Horse Regiment (Australia) (redirect from I ANZAC Mounted Regiment.)
in a dismounted role. The regiment was deployed defending the trenches at Lone Pine, a strongly contested stretch of the front line around Anzac Cove...
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seven frigates and three destroyers of the surface combatant force: seven Anzac class frigates and three Hobart class destroyers. Six Collins-class boats...
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HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) (category Anzac-class frigates of the Royal Australian Navy)
HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) is an Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The frigate was laid down in 2000 and commissioned into the RAN...
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on the shoulder straps. A wide-brimmed slouch hat was worn with one side turned up by troops overseas. The rising sun badge was first worn at this time...
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trophy. Mephisto is housed at the Queensland Museum, in Brisbane, in the Anzac Legacy Gallery. It is not in running order. The vehicle was issued to the...
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HMAS Perth (FFH 157) (category Anzac-class frigates of the Royal Australian Navy)
HMAS Perth (FFH 157) is an Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The last ship of the class to be completed, she was built by Tenix...
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Cheer-Up Society (redirect from Anzac Arch)
Australia on 11 November, with a traditional minute's silence at 11 am (local time). The floral emblem of Armistice Day, also of Anzac Day, is the Flanders poppy...
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upgrades at Osborne from 2024. With the Anzac-class frigates due to begin retiring in the late 2020s, work on a replacement program has begun. The program...
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Corps. The band has performed at a range of events, including the Sydney ANZAC Day March, Hills Centenary of ANZAC, Manly Jazz Festival, and the Lancers...
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British ensigns, and it is used either plain or defaced with either a badge or a charge, mostly in the right half. It is the flag flown by British merchant...
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British Expeditionary Force (World War I) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
leaving Egypt in March 1916. Initially they were organised into I Anzac Corps and II Anzac Corps alongside the New Zealand Division, however, on 1 November...
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Ireland would result in a change to the Union Jack and an opportunity to add symbols of the dominions. On the tenth anniversary of Anzac Day in Australia, the...
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national flag were chosen, and for America, the badge was shaped as a shield similar to that of the US MACV badge. Inspiration for the symbol representing the...
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Light Horse Brigade. Serving in a dismounted role, they reinforced the New Zealand and Australian Division around Anzac Cove, and undertook mainly defensive...
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became a depot in 1916 for the men who had been evacuated from the front line and were not fit to return to the front. Codford's 'Anzac Badge' was the...
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Melbourne later to land at ANZAC Cove on the 25 April 1915) was adopted for the 5/6 RVR. This patch of a black rectangle on top of a red rectangle is worn...
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executive officer of HMAS Anzac, helping to bring the Anzac class frigates into service. In October 2001 he assumed command of the ANZAC class frigate HMAS Arunta...
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