1. The Anzac tradition—the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are still relevant today—was established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed …

2. The Gallipoli campaign was a military failure but the characteristics that the Anzacs displayed throughout the campaign – bravery, ingenuity, endurance and mateship – have come to be celebrated as defining characteristics of the Australian personality.

3. But there has always been the continuous high of the friendship and Comradeship shared with fellow firefighters.: This is a far cry indeed from the Anzac's credo of self-mocking mateship and chiacking Comradeship and two-up and beer shouts.: It is a key component of the notions of Comradeship and esprit de corps which are characteristic of military self-image and organization.