ANZAC DAY

On the 25th of April each year New Zealand and Australia celebrate Anzac day. The Last Post is played there is a minutes silence to remember the ANZAC soldier . The word ANZAC stands for Australia, New Zealand, Army, Corps.

At the beginning of the war on the 28 of July 1914, about 100 000 men went to war. Some faked their age and joined  at the age of only 16. You have to be 18 or older to join. The soldier wore green and brown colours to camoflage themselves. Their backpacks weighed about 27 kg. They had  to be careful what they put in their bags, they didn’t want to make them too heavy.

The trenches were muddy, cold and smelly. There were diseases and rats crawling around the place. The walls were made of sandbags. The soldiers slept on the mud. One soldier has to stay awake.

In the soldiers spare time they would write letter to send home to their loving families. Sometimes they would write horrible things about the trenches and if the officers found out the soldiers would get in big trouble.

Anzac biscuits were given to the soldiers in the war because they lasted for a long time.The ingredients they used to make them last longer than other biscuits. The anzac biscuits were first made when the soldiers landed at Gallipolli on the 25 of April.

I hope you now know how hard life was for the soldiers who fought for us. Lest We Forget