Anzac Day is commemorated by both countries on April 25 every year to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during WWI.
It was on 25 April 1915 that the armies of Australia and New Zealand entered into their premier battle of the First World War, at Gallipoli, Turkey. At the time, Australia had only been recognised as a federal commonwealth for 13 years. Many Australians were sympathetic to the United Kingdom, which they regarded as the motherland. So the volunteer armies of Australia and New Zealand, eager to fight the good fight in the war, bravely landed on the shore of the Gallipoli Peninsula with the intent to capture and secure a safe passage for Allied navies.
Each year Anzac Day in Thailand is commemorated by a Dawn Service and Gunfire Breakfast at Hellfire Pass and a Memorial Service and Wreath Laying Ceremony at Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery.
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