Gallipoli campaign

Divers in Turkey have descended on several World War I wrecks in the Gallipoli Historic Underwater Park as part of commemorations surrounding Turkey's Victory Day.

Among the wrecks documented were the British destroyer HMS Lewis, the naval trawler HMT Lundy, and the Hellas Barge, all casualties of the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign.

Divers filmed the wrecks and even unfurled a Turkish flag underwater, bearing the portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

That from Reuters Connect.

Now that verse is still the opening one and sung the world over." So not yet the official anthem of Australia.

The song was recorded during the First World War to encourage and support the Australian troops who sailed for service in Europe, notably in the Dardanelle campaign.

In a similar move, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation used the song as their radio theme in the 1940s, doing so during the Second World War, when, of course, once more Australian troops were involved in service around the world, notably in the Pacific theatre of war.

Now, of course, we get to the breakup of the British Empire.