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Originally Posted by Mad Mac
Anyone know why the date on the ANZAC memorial are 1916-1918, when the first big ANZAC troopship embarkation from Albany was actually in October 1914?
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Excellent question Mad Mac. The inscription at the monument reads
"Erected by their Comrades and the Govt. of Australia and New Zealand in memory of the Australian Light Horse & New Zealand Rifles, The Imperial Camel Corps & The Australian Flying Corps who lost their lives in Egypt, Palestine and Syria 1916 - 1918."
I wonder when the Word Anzac (Australian & New Zealand Army Corps) was first coined