10 Facts About ANZAC

1. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

2. The ANZAC'S were all volunteers, there was no conscription.

3. There is no town called Gallipoli. 

4. The 25th of April was officially named `ANZAC day` in 1916

5. The last man surviving ANZAC was a man named Alec 
Campbell.

6. The Gallipoli campaign ended in a stale mate, when the ANZACS slipped away quietly over two nights.

7. The last post was typically played during the War to tell the soldiers the days fighting had finished 

8. The ANZAC biscuits were traditionally square hard tack biscuits that many men were said to have 'broken their teeth on'. It became one of the soldiers staple foods and could be ground down to make porridge, thicken a stew, fried as fritters and even comically described to be used as souvenirs that could be passed onto generations.

9. During the Gallipoli campaign, the ANZAC and Turkish soldiers called a truce for eight hours.

10.  Two-up is a traditional gambling game only allowed to be played on Anzac day through pubs and clubs in Australia. It was played extensively by the Australian soldiers during WWI.