Australia – Page 14 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: British ministers order Gallipoli pull-out

The British Government ordered the withdrawal of Allied troops from Anzac Cove and Suvla on December 7th 1915, signalling the end of the Gallipoli campaign.

December 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Last Allied soldiers leave Anzac Cove & Suvla

The withdrawal of Allied troops from Suvla and Anzac Cove on Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula was completed on December 20th 1915.

January 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: The Gallipoli campaign ends

The last Allied positions were evacuated at Cape Helles on January 9th 1916, ending the controversial Gallipoli campaign.

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British & French leaders pay tribute on the Somme

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande of France remembered the fallen of the Somme during a visit to a Commonwealth cemetery on March 3rd 2016, ahead of this year’s centenary commemorations.

March 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC update on visiting Thiepval, June-July 2016

Access to the Thiepval Memorial will be restricted over the immediate Somme Centenary period, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission announces.

April 20, 2016 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Australian hospital sketches revealed in France

Previously unpublished portraits of Australian and British soldiers have been released online in a centenary tribute to the Allied forces who fought in France during the First World War.

April 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Ceremonies mark Centenary Anzac Day

The Centenary Anzac Day was marked on April 25th 2016 with traditional dawn services and remembrance ceremonies in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Ireland, Belgium and at Gallipoli itself.

June 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK online tribute to overseas Victoria Cross winners

A digital archive telling the stories of 175 overseas recipients of Britain’s highest award for valour has gone online as part of the UK Government’s First World War Centenary programme.

June 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Australia’s first Western Front VC displayed in Canberra

The Australian War Memorial is displaying the medals of Private William ‘Bill’ Jackson VC as part of centenary commemorations marking Australia’s role on the Western Front.

July 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of the Somme

One of the most controversial battles of the First World War started on July 1st 1916, with a massive British-led attack on German positions in the Somme region of Northern France.