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Qualities That The ANZAC Spirit Showed In World War One

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Bravery. Courage. Heroism. Qualities the ANZACs displayed on the battle field that we need to remember for the future. I believe myself that the ANZAC spirit showed in World War One was bravery to go to a war and fight courageously for something that had nothing to do with you. The Australian and New Zealander soldiers at Gallipoli were sent to fight for a reason most of them didn’t know. Yet they had the courage to attack valiantly against their allies’ enemies even if they knew the consequences. The battle on the Nek was the most pointless and tragic waste of Australian life of the Gallipoli Campaign. It was supposed to be a diversion for some New Zealand troops to gain another strip of land, Chunuk Bair. Even though after the first and second …show more content…

The qualities were in our blood before they were identified as ours. Aboard the First Fleet in 1788, 1480 convicts and crew landed on the shores of Botany Bay, Australia. On the 26th of January that same year, the British flag was raised and established the European Australia. Eventually, those convicts became free people and helped to build Australia together. Their teamwork into building the country we have today is what started the fire of the ANZAC spirit. Australia became an independent nation in 1901 when the British Parliament passed legislation, giving us the right to govern ourselves. We stood up for ourselves and became more independent. 1914 brings the start of World War One. They went into battle with the characteristics formed by the founders of our nation, the bravery, mate ship, determination and honour coursing through their veins. The approximately 52,280 people that came back from the war continued to live the now labelled ‘ANZAC Spirit’, teaching their children and grandchildren to live life with courage and integrity. Even while the war was on, the women lived the spirit in Australia by stepping up and doing work the men usually did as well as the normal female tasks. Character like this has been displayed all throughout Australia’s history, through every war we have fought in, every trial we have faced and every country we have visited. Since the ANZAC Spirit has been such a major part of the Australia we know and love, we can’t ever let future generations forget and not live the legacy created in our

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