The Families and Friends of the First AIF invite families, relatives and friends of soldiers who served on the Western Front in The Great War (WW1) to attend the Commemoration of the Third Battle of Ypres.

The Commemoration honours the 43 Divisions of British and Dominion troops involved in all the Battles of Third Ypres. The battles lasted for 102 days with more than 300,000 casualties. I ANZAC Corps, consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Australian Divisions and II ANZAC Corps consisting of the 3rd Australian Division, the New Zealand Division with 2 British Divisions on rotation, fought alongside each other for the first time. Australian Divisions participated in the battles of Menin Road, 20-25 September; Polygon Wood, 26 September to 3 October; Broodseinde, 4 October; Poelcapelle, 9 October and Passchendaele (First Battle), 12 October.

Families are invited to commemorate the service of individual soldiers by filling in a Commemorative Star with the soldier’s name and possibly rank, serial no, Unit or a significant date or location, and casting the star(s) into the Well of Contemplation after the Minute of Silent Contemplation. The Stars will be collected and cremated at Rookwood Cemetery with the ashes carried on annual pilgrimages by the Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholars to the key battlefield sites of the Western Front. So please bring your soldier’s details and a pen.

Dress Code: Lounge suit, Day wear, Decorations / Medals may be worn, Poppy umbrellas

Future Commemorations for your diary

19 July 2020 Commemoration of the Battle of Fromelles
26 September 2020 Commemoration of the Battles of Third Ypres

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