Hebrew name: Yad Anzac

Location: Beeri Forest

Description: The ANZAC Monument in Beeri Forest is home to the long-standing memorial for the ANZAC soldiers, whose cornerstone was laid in 1967, fifty years after the battles of World War I. It is A-shaped, after the first letter in the name ANZAC. An observatory tower stands at the top of the monument, overseeing the battle fields in the Gaza Strip. The monument was built thanks to the support of KKL-JNF's Friends in Australia and New Zealand.
The ANZAC Monument commemorates the Australian and New-Zealander mounted cavalry men who fell in Palestine while fighting for the British. 544 Australian and 186 New-Zealand warriors rest in the British War Cemetery on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, and the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Beer Sheva. Every year, on April 25th, the fallen are commemorated in Australia and in New Zealand.
The ANZAC Trail retraces the movements ANZAC horsemen who conquered Beersheva, as well as moving photographs from those days, showing life in the cavalry.

Directions: Drive southwards from Saad Junction on road 232, and then approach Kibbutz Beeri through the access road. Turn to the right before the Kibbutz gate and drive by the signage on a paved road to the parking lot of old Beeri (Nahabir), which is 3.5 km away from road 232. Continue on the paved road about 800m more, and turn to the right in the “concrete road”. Then continue for a further 2.2 km, until you reach the monument.