RSL Anzac Biscuits are back for 2025!
RSL’s much-anticipated limited edition Anzac Biscuit tins will arrive in stores by the first of April, bringing a wave of excitement among collectors and RSL supporters.
The tins, each with a different commemorative theme, have become a sought-after item, with many Australians visiting various stores to complete their annual collections.
This year's offering features four distinct tin designs, honouring our history and commemorating the service and sacrifice of our service personnel.
Inside each tin are the classic Anzac biscuits, sweet, golden and delicious, made of oats, flour, coconut, butter, sugar and golden syrup. Anzac Biscuits are a symbol of wartime resourcefulness and a treat enjoyed across generations.
While the RSL Anzac Biscuits are due in stores by the 1st of April, the early birds out there have spotted some on shelves already! Get in quick and collect all four.
Below you can find information about the tins and which stores will be stocking them. RSL sub-branches may also hold stock - please get in contact with your local sub-branch to ask.
The return of the RSL's Anzac Biscuit tins marks another year of honouring tradition and supporting those who have served. Thank you to everyone who purchases a limited edition RSL Anzac Biscuit tin and supports the vital work of the RSL. Each purchase contributes to funding our work supporting the well-being of current and former serving veterans and their families.
Gallipoli Campaign - 1915
Available at Aldi
Australian and New Zealand troops (the ANZACs) landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915 where they, along with other Commonwealth and Allied forces, held ground against almost impossible odds for eight months. The Gallipoli campaign aimed to secure a sea route to the Ottoman Empire but ended in a costly and protracted stalemate, with heavy casualties on both sides. But amongst the ravines and gullies of that rugged battleground, the Anzac spirit was formed. It has become the benchmark for standards of courage, mateship and determination. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that commemorates the contributions and sacrifices of all military personnel who fought in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, and for their families.
Images on this tin are sourced from the Australian War Memorial collection. Click the links below to learn more about each image:
AWM G00903 (front)
AWM C03420 (right side)
AWM 02410 (back)
AWM G00313 (left side)
Victory in the Pacific - 1945
Available at Coles, Woolworths, selected Australia Post stores, and Independent Stores.
On 7 May 1945, Germany surrendered, and the war in Europe was over. 8 May was declared VE (Victory in Europe) Day, but in Australia, the celebration was tempered as the war in the Pacific was still to be won. Australia still had troops fighting the Japanese in New Guinea, South East Asia and the Pacific and anxious families at home worried for their loved ones. Finally, Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945, and the Second World War was over. After nearly six years of conflict, loss, and privations, the pent-up emotions poured out as a flood as Australia celebrated freedom on VP Day. The cost of the war had been great. 39,657 Australians died, and 30,000 were taken prisoner, over 8,000 of whom died.
Images on this tin are sourced from the Australian War Memorial collection. Click the links below to learn more about each image:
AWM 2018.641.1 (front)
AWM 089535 (right side)
AWM VIC1684 (back)
AWM P10364.007 (left side)
British Commonwealth Occupations Force (BCOF) 1945-52
Available at Aldi
After rejoicing post-WWII, Australia supplied approximately 16,000 Army, Navy and Air Force personnel and equipment to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), a multi-nation force used in the Allied occupation of Japan. BCOF marked the first time Australians were involved in the military occupation of a sovereign nation which it had defeated at war. The objective of BCOF was to enforce the terms of the unconditional surrender that had ended WWII, to maintain military control and supervise the demilitarisation and disposal of the remnants of Japan's war-making capacity. Australia’s involvement in the Occupation of Japan continued until April 1952 when the Japanese Peace Treaty came into effect. The excitement of returning home for some was short lived as when the war broke out in Korea in 1950, many of the BCOF contingent were the first to be sent as part of the United Nations force.
Images on this tin are sourced from RSL Australia’s own collection and the Australian War Memorial collection. Click the links below to learn more about each image:
Supplied by RSLA (front)
AWM 126623 (right side)
AWM P02032.023 (back)
AWM 040969 (left side)
Iraq War 2003 – 2009
Available at Coles, Woolworths, selected Australia Post stores, and Independent Stores.
On 20 March 2003, American, British and Australian troops under US leadership occupied Iraq. Their object was to locate and destroy suspected weapons of mass destruction. Small but highly effective Australian Army, RAAF and RAN elements assisted the operation. Within three weeks, Coalition Forces had seized Baghdad, and the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein was overthrown. In July 2003, an Australian Army Training Team began to train Iraqi soldiers and in April 2005 the army deployed a Task Group to Southern Iraq to protect a Japanese engineer construction unit. In mid-2008 Australia began to reduce its forces with the operational role subsequently ceasing on 31 July 2009. Two Australian service personnel died in the conflict in Iraq.
Images on this tin are sourced from the Australian War Memorial collection. Click the links below to learn more about each image:
AWM P04101.800 (front)
AWMP 05728.982 (right side)
AWM 04103.197 (back)
AWM P04101.012 (left side)
Images are sourced from the Australian War Memorial collection. The Australian War Memorial and RSL Australia do not have access to individual ADF service records, and RSL Australia is unable to contact the individuals depicted. We express our gratitude to these veterans and their families for being a part of the commemorative series of RSL Anzac Biscuit tins.
