Anzac Day

noun

1. April 25, a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand commemorating the Anzac landing on Gallipoli, Turkey, in 1915, the first major engagement of Australian and New Zealand forces in World War I.

Anzac Day

noun

1. 25 April, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand commemorating the Anzac landing at Gallipoli in 1915

Example Sentences

Bunurong elder Uncle Mark Brown was heckled on Friday as he formally welcomed crowds to a service marking Anzac Day, a national day of remembrance for military servicemen and servicewomen.

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"Listening to a lot of veterans in the space, Anzac Day is about our veterans... I think the majority view would be that they don't want it on that day," he said.

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Military cadets attend an Anzac Day dawn service at Coogee Beach in Sydney.

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Trading was closed in Australia for a national holiday, Anzac Day.

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Police said there was no threat to Thursday’s events for Anzac Day, when thousands gather for dawn services and street marches around Australia to commemorate the nation’s war dead.

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