10 facts about Anzac
1 Anzac is on 25th of April.
2 Anzac stands for Australian and New zealand Army Corps.
3 George pearce started Anzac day in 1916.
4 There is no town called Gallipoli.Its is the name of the area where the Anzacs fought.
5 The 25th April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916 but the first dawn service was not held until 1923.
6 The last surviving Anzac was a man named Alec Campbell who died on 16th of May 2002.
7 The Gallipoli campaign ended in a stalemate, when the Anzacs slipped quietly over two nights.
8 During the Gallipoli campaign, the Anzac and Turkish soldiers called a truce for eight hours to bury their dead on May 24th 1915.
9 Two-up is a traditional gambling game only allowed to be played on Anzac day through pubs and clubs in Australia. It was played extensively by the Australian soldiers during WWI.
10 The Anzac biscuits were traditionally square hard tack biscuits that many men were said to have 'broken their teeth on'. It became one of the soldiers staple foods and could be ground down to make porridge, thicken a stew, fried as fritters and even comically described to be used as souvenirs that could be passed onto generations.
I did not know most of these facts aha!
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