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Definition: Both an official acronym for the 'Australian and New Zealand Army Corps', an army made from the Australian Imperial Force and the New Zealand Expeditionary Force for the First World War and an informal term for any soldier from said army. The Anzacs fought in Gallipoli, Palestine and the Western Front.

Anzac Day is commemorated on April 25th in Australia and New Zealand every year, the date of the Gallipoli landings.

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