1915 – Australian and New Zealand soldiers form part of the to capture the Gallipoli peninsula. These soldiers become known as Anzacs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps). On April 25, the Anzacs land on Gallipoli – the start of a failed eight-month campaign that would see..jpg?imwidth=1280)
1916 - April 25 is officially named Anzac Day. The occasion is marked with services in Australia, a march through London and a sports day in the Australian camp in Egypt. For the remaining years of the war, Anzac Day was used as an occasion for patriotic rallies and recruiting campaigns, and parades of serving members of the AIF were held in most cities.
Practice landings on the Turkish coast by the Australian Imperial Forces, in preparation for the Anzac landings on April 25, 1915. (Getty Images)
1920s – Anzac Day is established as a national day of commemoration for the more than 60,000 Australians who died during the First World War.
1927 – Every Australian state observes some form of public holiday on Anzac Day.
1928 - It is that 1928 marked the first organised dawn service. The story behind the origin of the service begins in April 1927, when a group of returned service men were leaving an Anzac function held the night before. They came across an elderly woman laying flowers at the then-unfinished Sydney Cenotaph. Joining her in remembrance, they decided to organise a dawn service at the site the following year. In 1928, 150 people gathered at the Cenotaph for a wreath-laying and two minutes silence.
1930s – Rituals such as dawn vigils, marches, memorial services, reunions and are firmly established as part of Anzac Day culture.
Post-1940 –Anzac Day serves to also remember Australians who died in the Second World War. In the following years, the day is broadened to commemorate all , including those .
Dawn Services have become an important Anzac Day ritual. (AAP)
2007 - Indigenous communities organise Anzac Day marches to remember fallen .
