Tuesday, the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and
New Zealand troops in Gallipoli, was duly celebrated as "Anzac Day." The Australian and New Zealand soldiers, every man of whom had been wounded or invalided, mustering at Aldwych, marched to the Abbey, where a commemoration service was held in honour of their fallen comrades. The service was attended by the King and Queen, close to whom seats were found for a number of blinded Anzacs. Special prayers were used, and the Dean in a brief address, after mentioning by name the regiments who took part in the landing, and whose deeds would be remembered for evermore, added : "We are resolved that, by God's gracious favour, our brothers shall not have laid down their lives in vain." The Australians were entertained at luncheon at the Hotel Cecil, where Mr. Hughes said with truth that "on this Day of Anzac, the word 'Empire' assumed a new and nobler meaning for us and for the world." The New Zealanders returned to their base in Essex, where they were reviewed by General Birdwood and addressed by the High Commissioner of New Zealand, fifteen receiving the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
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