Join the Friends of Gallipoli Inc on Wednesday, 20 December to commemorate the guns falling silent in the ANZAC sector of Gallipoli with the withdrawal of the last of the ANZAC troops on 20 December 1915.

109 years ago, the guns fell silent in the ANZAC Sector at Gallipoli in the early hours of the 20th of December 1915. After nearly nine months of fighting, the last of the ANZAC troops evacuated with heavy hearts and in anticipation of a different kind of a Christmas, leaving their dead comrades behind. The Turkish forces were relieved that there would be no more fighting, that they could mourn many thousands who perished defending their homeland and that peace had finally prevailed at Gallipoli.

The Commemoration will commence at 12 noon, which equates to 4:00 am in Gallipoli, when the last boat rowed away from ANZAC Cove.

Please arrive at the Anzac Memorial between 11:45 am and 11.50 am. Dress Code: Business attire or uniform with medals.

Banner image: Panoramic view of North Beach, Anzac (Evacuation period). Photograph by veterans Sergeant Henry James Lowe and Corporal George Downes NAA 4188, A1861/1.