ANZAC Day 2007
ANZAC Day is our annual day of commemoration for those who have given their lives in the service of our country. We share the day with Australia, and we include our allies and increasingly our former foes as we remember the awful cost of past conflicts.
April 25th was the day of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in 1915. Annual services remembering those killed in that campaign began as early as 1916 and continue today, in which Australians and New Zealanders remember those who served and died in all the wars our nations have been involved in – it is sobering to recall that our most recent combat death was in Timor Leste in 2000. Similarly, other servicemen have died this century, through accidents while on peace support operations.
OH-07-0273-57-tn.jpg: ANZAC Day 2007 - Image of roses layered on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
Ceremonies to mark ANZAC Day were held in New Zealand and around the world. On ANZAC Day, the NZDF had 670 personnel serving overseas in 19 countries. An important part of our annual day of remembrance is the selling of poppies, to help raise funds for Veterans’ welfare. Service personnel assist in this annual appeal, which this year occurred on Friday 20 April.
The following images present a photographic record of ANZAC Day 2007.
Lest we forget
OH-07-0273-29-tn.jpg: Veterans Ian Mackley and Bill Hopper catch up.
OH-07-0261-02-tn.jpg: Debbie Matthews helped out on poppy day.
OH-07-0261-23-tn.jpg: Members of the Army, Air Force, Navy and civilian staff of the NZDF were out in force on poppy day collecting for the NZRSA.
OH-07-0273-01-tn.jpg: The Tri-service catafalque guard as they prepare to change guard.
OH-07-0273-38-tn.jpg: The Central Band of the RNZAF.
OH-07-0273-47-tn.jpg: The Governor-General arrives and pauses to pay his respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
OH-07-0261-35-tn.jpg: Air Force SQNLDR Tim Scott does his bit on poppy day.
OH-07-0273-42-tn.jpg:Cataflaque Guards.
OH-07-0273-63-tn.jpg: Laying poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
OH-07-0273-68-tn.jpg: RNZAF W/O Bob Gillies with Turkish flag in background at Ataturk Memorial, Wellington.
OH-07-0273-69-tn.jpg: Inscription on the Ataturk Memorial, Wellington.
OH-07-0274-18-tn.jpg: ANZAC day parade and civic service held in Palmerston North Square 2007. Service members gathered on the day. GPCAPT Shaun Clarke in front.
Around the World
Image Courtesy ADF Petty Officer D. PAWLENKO: A joint NZDF-ADF dawn service in Timor Leste.
WN-07-0035-93-tn.jpg: At the NZ Cross of Sacrifice, Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Hodogaya (just outside Yokohama), Japan. L - R: Ms Michelle Slade (NZ Charges d’ Affaires, NZ Embassy), Captain John Campbell (NZ DA Tokyo), Minister Jim Anderton (Min of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) and Mrs Anderton.
OH-07-0350-04-tn.jpg: Defence Minister Phil Goff addresses the dawn service at Bamyan, Afghanistan which was attended by the Governor of Bamyan and representatives of allied nations. Also in the picture are Lt Casey Pinny and LAC Reece Fenton.
WN-07-0035-94-tn.jpg: COL Mark Rayner (British DA), GPCAPT Rod Fortune (Defence Attaché), and GPCAPT Craig White (Aust DA) relax at the conclusion of the main commemorative service at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.