<P> Though the Gallipoli campaign failed to achieve its military objectives of capturing Constantinople and knocking the Ottoman Empire out of the war, the actions of the Australian and New Zealand troops during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but powerful legacy . The creation of what became known as an "Anzac legend" became an important part of the national identity in both countries . This has shaped the way their citizens have viewed both their past and their understanding of the present . The heroism of the soldiers in the failed Gallipoli campaign made their sacrifices iconic in New Zealand memory, and is often credited with securing the psychological independence of the nation . </P> <P> The first commemoration occurred in Adelaide, South Australia . It was the site of Australia's first built memorial to the Gallipoli landing, unveiled by Governor - General Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson on "Wattle Day", 7 September 1915, just over four months after the first landings . The monument was originally the centrepiece of the Wattle Day League's Gallipoli Memorial Wattle Grove, later known as "Wattle Grove", on Sir Lewis Cohen Avenue in the South Park Lands but in 1940 the Adelaide City Council moved the monument and its surrounding pergola to Lundie Garden, a lawned area off South Terrace near the junction with Anzac Highway . The original native pines and remnant seedlings of the original wattles still grow in "Wattle Grove". Also in South Australia, Eight Hour Day, 13 October 1915, was renamed "Anzac Day" and a carnival was organised to raise money for the Wounded Soldiers Fund . </P> <P> The date 25 April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916; in that year it was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia and New Zealand, including a commemorative march through London involving Australian and New Zealand troops . In New Zealand it was gazetted as a half - day holiday . Australian Great War battalion and brigade war diaries show that on this first anniversary, units including those on the front line, made efforts to solemnise the memory of those who were killed this day twelve months previously . A common format found in the war diaries by Australian and New Zealand soldiers for the day commenced with a dawn requiem mass, followed mid-morning with a commemorative service, and after lunch organised sports activities with the proceeds of any gambling going to Battalion funds . This occurred in Egypt as well . </P> <P> In Queensland on 10 January 1916 Canon David John Garland was appointed the honorary secretary of the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland (ADCCQ) at a public meeting which endorsed 25 April as be the date promoted as "Anzac Day" in 1916 and ever after . Devoted to the cause of a non-denominational commemoration that could be attended by the whole of Australian society, Garland worked amicably across all denominational divides, creating the framework for Anzac Day commemorative services . Garland is specifically credited with initiating the Anzac Day march, the wreath - laying ceremonies at memorials and the special church services, the two minutes silence, and the luncheon for returned soldiers . Garland intended the silence was used in lieu of a prayer to allow the Anzac Day service to be universally attended, allowing attendees to make a silent prayer or remembrance in accordance with their own beliefs . He particularly feared that the universality of the ceremony would fall victim to religious sectarian disputes . </P>

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