By Hayley
On the 25th of April it is a public holiday because it's Anzac Day. Anzac Day is in honour of people who were in the armed forces and who sadly died. Anzac Day is a public holiday in two countries, Australia and New Zealand because our two countries teamed up in World War One.
In World War One Australia and New Zeland were a team. Our soldiers were called the Anzacs. The Anzacs went to a place called Gallipoli in Turkey. A lot of Anzacs died fighting in Turkey. Australia lost 8709 soldiers and New Zealand lost 2721 soldiers. So over 10,000 Anzacs died at Gallipoli.
ANZAC Day 2012
Good post Hayley. You are right, New Zealand and Australia are a team.
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