ANZACS LAND AT GALLIPOLI

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27643, 27 April 1955, Page 6

ANZACS LAND AT GALLIPOLI

Ceremony 40 Years After Attack PILGRIMAGE TO ANZAC_COVE

(N.Z. Press AssociaHon— CopartoW ISTANBUL, April 25. The Anzacs landed again at Gallipoli at dawn today—4o years after the first wave of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the beach there in World War L The modern Anzacs were ,34 Australian former servicemen of the two World Wars who made the pilgrimage to Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. Their hosts today were Turkish soldiers—sons of the men they fought so bitterly on the April morning in 1915. General Hilmi Veren, Deputy-Com-mander of the Turkish Army, met them at Anzac Cove as they disembarked from a Greek liner. An Anzac spokesman said: "We saw here 40 years ago how the ideals and land of a nation should be defended.” The former servicemen later visited the battlegrounds and cemeteries on Gallipoli. Ceremony tn London

Australian and New Zealand visitors and residents were among the crowd who watched the simple Anzac Day ceremony at London’s Cenotaph. The ceremony took place in brilliant spring sunshine. The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Thomas White) and the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Mr T. C. Webb) laid wreaths on the Cenotaph. Representatives of other governments and the services also laid wreaths. The former Governor-General of New Zealand (Lord Freyberg) laid a wreath on behalf iff the British Empire Service League. , t" After the Cenotaph ceremony a commemorative service Was held in crowded Westminster Abbey..* Tbfeleszons were read by Sir Thomas White the Bev.Herbert H Hammon, vicar of the Holy Advent Church, Malvern, Victoria, urged the congregation to accept the challenge of the Anzac spirit of loyalty, comradeship and sacrifice by assisting those who were still suffering from the effects of war, especially widows and children. The service was conducted by the Dean of Westminster (Dr. A. C. Don). An Anzac Day service was held in the Anzac Garden on top of the Empire State Building in New York. The iTWiPai speakers were Mr H. C. iarnett, acting Consul-General for Lustraua, and Mr McLeod Chapman, Hee-Conaulfor New Zealand. The flags of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, the United States and the United Nations were carried by colour guards. Washington’s Australian and New tne .Fenaence ok me New Zealand Amhassador (Sir Leslie Munro) to commemorate Anzac Dav. The short service included an address by .Sir Percy Spender, the Australian Ambassador, and the sounding of "Last Post” Wreaths were laid at the Cenotaphs in several Canadian cities today and commemorative services were held yesterday. The principal cities where Anzac Day was marked were Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver. The service at All Saints Church, Ottawa, was attended by the Australian High Commissioner. (Sir Douglas Copland), and the New Zealand High Commissioner (Mr T. C. A. Hislop).