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A soldier standing during parade.

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Cove Challenge 2023 – Why I Continue To Serve

That concludes the CoveChallenge '23! Thank you to all who answered the question: ‘Why Do I Continue To Serve’ in Army? Find our winners and all the submissions including the ones you have not seen yet in this article series.

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Posed photograph showing Australian troops charging uphill with fixed bayonets, probably taken on Imbros or Lemnos, 17 December 1915.

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Path to the Gallipoli Campaign | Part 5: The Landing and Beyond

Part 5 of the Path to the Gallipoli Campaign breaks down the first day of the invasion and the following months, from the first Australian unit to engage in the battle of Gallipoli to the August Offensive.

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Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, await orders from the southern edge below Plugges Plateau. Colonel Dobbin is in the centre mid-ground, to the left of the branch.

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Path to the Gallipoli Campaign | Part 7: Creation of the ANZAC Tradition

The 7th and final part of the Path to the Gallipoli Campaign delves into the origin of the word ‘ANZAC’, formalisation into a public holiday across the country – marked by dawn vigils and services – to commemorate the Australia’s first fight as a newly formed nation.

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A helicopter dropping supplies.

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CoveTalk | 2 DIV PME Series – The Australian Civil-Military Centre

The 2 Div PME CoveTalk for April focused on the Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC). Nicola Rosenblum discussed the ACMC’s recent publication, ‘Same Space – Different Mandates’, which aims to improve stakeholder collaboration when responding to international disasters and complex emergencies, focusing on the complexity of interagency collaboration to promote productive relationships, dialogue, and constructive civil-military-police interaction.

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A view looking aft of lifeboat carrying unidentified men of the Australian 1st Divisional Signal Company as they are towed towards Anzac Cove at 6am on the day of the landing.

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Path to the Gallipoli Campaign | Part 4: Movement to Gallipoli Peninsula

Part 4 of the Path to the Gallipoli Campaign explores the initial concept to attack the Ottoman Empire and take the Dardanelles Strait by Sir Winston Churchill up to the foreboding hours on the eve of the 25th April 1915.

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Australian troops going into action across Plugge's Plateau after the landing on 25 April.

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Path to the Gallipoli Campaign | Part 3: Preparations for Battle

Part 3 of the Path to the Gallipoli Campaign sets up the ANZACs months of training in Cairo, Egypt, detailing how the expectation of a quick war and eagerness to see new places was replaced by boredom and disappointment amongst the ranks.

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Anzac Beach packed with Australian soldiers and supplies with more arriving in small boats.

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Path to the Gallipoli Campaign | Part 2: LTGEN Birdwood takes Command of the ANZACs

Part 2 of the Path to the Gallipoli Campaign series investigates key leaders of the ANZACs, focusing on Lieutenant General William Birdwood.

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Soldiers pointing at a map.

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CoveTalk | 2 DIV PME Series – Does the Operational Level of War exist?

The 2 DIV PME Series, held on the last Tuesday of every month, continues with a presentation on the operational level of war. Major Jeremy Barraclough’s investigation into the history and present utility of the operational level of war poses the question: does it even exist?

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Part of the 4th Battalion and the mules for the 26th Indian Mountain Battery landing at 8am.

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Path to the Gallipoli Campaign | Part 1: Formation and Embarkation

Part 1 of the Path to the Gallipoli Campaign series traces a timeline of Australia's military involvement in Europe, from the formation of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps to subsequent embarkation for the strategically important Gallipoli Peninsula.

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Australian camp at the Anzac Cove.

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Path to the Gallipoli Campaign

Follow the footsteps of the original ANZACs. From their formation to the creation of the ANZAC tradition, each week in the lead up to ANZAC Day, The Cove's 'Path to the Gallipoli Campaign' series traces the history of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps culminating in the creation of the ANZAC tradition.

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