The beginning of the ANZAC legend did not start on the shores of Gallipoli, but on the shores of Western Australia.
November 1st marks 100 years since the first convoy of troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps embarked for World War One.
Most of them left from Albany on the south coast of Western Australia.
For many of those 17 thousand troops it was their last glimpse of their homeland.
To commemorate their journey, the city of Albany is hosting a series of events including the recreation of the ship convoy that took the sons of two young nations to war.
When the troops from around Australia and New Zealand gathered in the small town of Albany on WA's south coast in late 1914 - very few people knew about it.
There was a media blackout and it wasn't reported for several weeks until after they'd left.
But it's definitely not a secret now and tens of thousands of people have once more flocked to Albany.
This time to remember Australia and New Zealand going to war and the sacrifice made by the young soldiers.
Onboard one of the 26 troop ships that sailed from King George Sound off Albany was 26-year-old grocer's assistant Edgar Foster from Victoria.
His granddaughter Hamsa Warrener also from Victoria, now lives in Albany.
"So my mum came down to visit a couple of years after we'd moved down and she said: 'do you realise your grandfather left to go to Gallipoli from Albany?' And I didn't realise so we took a visit up to the Princess Royal Forts where all the history was kept and documented there and found the list of the ship that he was on, so it was pretty interesting."
Hamsa Warrener says her grandfather took notes, which her grandmother put into a diary after the war, but he was matter of fact in his recordings.
"He's very understated, but one of the things that they talk about, and I've read it in a few of the other men's diaries, is that they're quite excited.They're young men going off on an adventure. They don't actually realise the horror of what they're going to, but later on in his diary he talks about the awful sights that he's seen."
Edgar Foster survived the war, including serving in Gallipoli, but tragically his only son Max would die in World War Two.
Hamsa Warrener will spend Saturday on one of the hills overlooking King George Sound when seven ships from the Australian, New Zealand and Japanese navies take part in a symbolic sea journey to remember the original convoy.
Also looking for a vantage spot will be 85 year old Bill Rae whose father served in Gallipoli.
"My father went to Gallipoli and I've got two uncles that went to Gallipoli and one of them won the distinguished flying cross. Well, we came down last Anzac day as well. I marched and met up with some of the different chaps down here and it's just for well, more of less, for my father and my uncles."
As well as the convoy, Albany will hold a commemorative service at Peace Park, which is where many of the troops camped out one hundred years ago before they left for the war.
The $10.6-million National Anzac Centre will also be officially opened.
It sits on Mount Clarence and overlooks King George Sound, but it differs slightly to other historical centres because it gives visitors the opportunity to walk in the shoes of one of 30 Australian and New Zealand soldiers, as well as a Turkish and German soldier.
The centre's director of content James Dexter says it will be a moving experience as people experience the journey the soldiers took during the war and when they returned.
"I do believe that this will be a profoundly moving experience. It's not a large experience, it's only 400 square metres, but packed into it is that whole story. Through these audio pens you can actually hear what they said from their diaries and their letters, and from these character cards you can actually become them. You go through all the various stages and after war, but I think it will be very hard to leave this centre unmoved."
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