Biscuits issued to soldiers by the Army, referred to as " Anzac tiles " or " Anzac wafers ", differ from the popular Anzac biscuit.

A recipe for " Anzac Biscuits " appeared in the War Chest Cookery Book ( Sydney, 1917 ) but was for a different biscuit altogether.

The same publication included a prototype of today's Anzac biscuit, called Rolled Oats Biscuits.

A British ( though still Australian-produced ) version of the Anzac biscuit, supporting the Royal British Legion, is available in several major supermarket chains in the UK.

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* 1916 – Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove.

Anzac Day celebrations take place on 25 April, the day the Anzac troops landed at what is known as Anzac Cove.

Anzac Day is the most important national day of commemoration for Australians.

A common tradition amongst the people of Australia and New Zealand is to bake Anzac biscuits to remember the soldiers who died fighting for " King and country ".

# Public holiday, a day decreed by government as a day when the bulk of the population is not normally expected to be at work, such as Australia Day, Anzac Day, bank holidays or Christmas Day.

Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, originally commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ( ANZAC ) who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

New Zealand's national day of remembrance is Anzac Day, 25 April.

It is traditionally played on Anzac Day in pubs and clubs throughout Australia, in part to mark a shared experience with Diggers through the ages.

Two-up has also been legalised on Anzac Day, when it is played in Returned Servicemen's Leagues ( RSL ) clubs and hotels.

Under the NSW Gambling ( Two-Up ) Act 1998, playing Two-up in NSW is not unlawful on Anzac Day.

Each year on Anzac Day a commemoration service is attended by local dignitaries, representatives from the Australian and New Zealand governments, local school children and many retired servicemen.

Ramp metering is used to regulate access to a number of major roads in Sydney, including: M4 Western Motorway ( Wallgrove Road on-ramp ); the M5 East motorway ( Kingsgrove Road on-ramp ); and the citywest Link to Anzac Bridge.

Today Binyon's most famous poem, For the Fallen, is often recited at Remembrance Sunday services in the UK, and an integral part of Anzac Day services in Australia and New Zealand, and 11 November Remembrance Day services in Canada.

Mesen is twinned with Featherston in New Zealand in part due to the location of the New Zealand World War I Memorial, which has annual Anzac Day commemorations on 25 April.

Anzac Day, 25 April is another day strongly associated with Australian nationhood, however it more particularly commemorates Australians who fought in wars and is named to honour the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who landed at Gallipoli, on that same day in 1915, during the First World War.

The British Red Ensign being paraded alongside the Australian Red Ensign during the 2007 Anzac Day celebrations in Brisbane, Australia. The Australian Red Ensign, is a red version of the Australian Flag and is a reserved civil ensign.

Some New Zealand politicians and commentators, such as Paul Holmes, have felt that Waitangi Day is too controversial to be a national day and have sought to replace it with Anzac Day.

It is also used at some other dates in some countries, such as at appeals for Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand.

Attendance at the Anzac Day dawn service at Gallipoli has become popular since the 75th anniversary.

A popular silent film was made of his exploits, Murphy of Anzac ( 1916 ).

Despite the shelling and Turkish snipers, Anzac Cove was a popular swimming beach for the soldiers — at ANZAC it was a struggle to supply sufficient water for drinking and there was rarely any available for washing.

Anzac Day Parade in Brisbane, Australia.

Both Australia and New Zealand still celebrate Anzac Day and the Turks consider it a point of national pride.

Charles Bean ( The Story of Anzac: From the Outbreak of War to the End of the First Phase of the Gallipoli Campaign 4 May 1915, 1921 ) Geoffrey Blainey ( The Tyranny of Distance, 1966 ), Robert Hughes ( The Fatal Shore, 1987 ), Manning Clark ( A History of Australia, 1962 – 87 ), and Marcia Langton ( First Australians, 2008 ) are authors of important Australian histories.

In Australia Anzac Day commemorations are usually held at all of the nation's many war memorials, but not all of them are cenotaphs.

The town has an important, though somewhat controversial, role in the Anzac legend, being the last port of call for troopships departing Australia in the First World War.

Anzac Day was commemorated in Villers-Bretonneux in July 2008 ; the local school still has a kangaroo as its symbol and signs declaring " Never forget Australia.

Chauvel frequently led Anzac Day parades through Melbourne but resigned from the leadership of the march in 1938 in protest against at decision by the Returned and Services League of Australia to change the form of service at the Shrine from a Christian to a secular one.

* II Anzac Corps ( Australia and New Zealand )

The ANZAC Bridge or Anzac Bridge ( both forms are used by the Roads and Traffic Authority ), replacing the earlier Glebe Island Bridge, is a large cable-stayed bridge spanning Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Glebe Island ( part of the suburb of Rozelle ) in proximity to the central business district of Sydney, Australia.

On 18 October 2005 the former federal minister for veterans affairs, Danna Vale, called for the battlefield to be recreated in Australia, saying that the physical similarity between the end of the Mornington Peninsula, in Victoria, and Anzac Cove, in Turkey, is " uncanny ".

He disliked Monash for not fitting his ideal of Australian manhood ( Monash was of Jewish background ) and his promotion of his men — he had earned Monash's wrath for failing to publicise his brigade at Anzac — which Bean viewed as a penchant for self-promotion and wrote in his diary, " We do not want Australia represented by men mainly because of their ability, natural and inborn in Jews, to push themselves.

Upon his return to Australia in 1919, Bean commenced work with a team of researchers on the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 ; and the first volume, covering the formation of the AIF and the landing at Anzac Cove, was published in 1921.

This unit was officially attached to the Australia New Zealand Army Corps ( ANZAC ) and was in 1915 dispatched to Anzac Cove (‘ Z ’ Beach ) on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

These include being awarded an Order of Australia Medal, a commendation from the then Governor of Tasmania Sir Phillip Bennett, and an Anzac Medal for services to the community.

Although this history is short when compared to that of many other nations, Australia has been involved in numerous conflicts and wars, and war and military service have been significant influences on Australian society and national identity, including the Anzac spirit.

Today, the date of the initial landings, 25 April, is known as Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand and every year thousands of people gather at memorials in both nations, and indeed in Turkey, to honour the bravery and sacrifice of the original Anzacs, and of all those who have subsequently lost their lives in war.