GALLIPOLI COMMEMORATION AT THE SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE

The Hon. TedBaillieuChairman, Victorian Anzac Centenary Committee and the Turkish Consul General in Melbourne Mr S. Mehmet Apak will be guests of honour to mark the end of war at Gallipoli. 

The guns fell silent in the ANZAC Sector at Gallipoli in the early hours of the 20^th of December 1915. The 98^th anniversary of this important event is to be commemorated at the Shrine of Remembrance with a wreath laying ceremony at the Sanctuary.

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.

To commemorate the beginning of peace at Gallipoli and the silence of the guns in the ANZAC sector, the Friends of Gallipoli Inc., a not-for profit organisation, wishes to lay a wreath at the Sanctuary of the Shrine of the Remembrance.