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14-August-2020
14-August-2020

Photographs supplied by John Huth

The torch commemorates the centenary of the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landings at Gallipoli in Turkey in April 1915 during World War One.   

On 25 April 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed at what is now called Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

For the vast majority of the 16,000 Australians and New Zealanders who landed on that first day, this was their first experience of combat. By that evening, 2000 of them had been killed or wounded.

The Gallipoli campaign was a military failure. However, the traits that were shown there – bravery, ingenuity, endurance and mateship – have become enshrined as defining aspects of the Australian character.

Location

Address:11 Torquay Road, Hervey Bay RSL, Pialba, 4655
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -25.28185
Long: 152.841038
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Technology
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1
Actual Event Start Date:25-April-1915
Approx. Event Start Date:
Actual Event End Date:25-April-2015

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 14th February, 2015
Front Inscription

On Torch:

RSL ANZAC Flame

Presented by Camp Gallipoli Foundation

Commemorating 100 years of the ANZAC Spirit

2015

Plaque :

ANZAC Centenary Torch

Presented by Camp Gallipoli

14 February 2015

Source: MA
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