The Archive · 1939

Anzac Day Celebrated

To commemorate the gallant action of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the landings at Suvla Bay and the Dardanelles in the Gallipoli campaign during the Great War, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Shanghai organized a series of observances yesterday, chief of which was the annual wreath- laying ceremony at the Cenotaph. Mr. V. G. Bowden, President of the Society and Australian Government Trade Commissioner, with Mr. W. A. Crokam, are seen in picture (top left) laying the Society's toreath on the Memorial, while in the picture on the right, Group Capt.

Aitken R.AF H.M. Air Attache, is carrying the Royal Air Force wreath, followed by Sir Victor Sassoon, President, and Mr. Kemp, secretary, ith the Royal Air Force Association's wreath. Below is a general view of the assembly and on the right, the naval detachment from H.M.S. Dorsetshire.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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