Book  (1950)  Page(s) 104.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  Registration Babel.
In 1915, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps jointly co-operated in the European War at Gallipoli. The initial letters of these bodies formed the word "Anzac."  Australian Commonwealth legislation prevents the use of this name for commercial purposes, regarding it as sacred to the nation. In 1942, Howard & Smith in California sent out a rose in that country named Anzac. Should Australia and New Zealand forget this rose or submit the problem to the International Committee? 

Article (misc)  (1945)  Page(s) 180.  
 
Anzac Hybrid Tea. Pink. (Howard & Smith 1942) US Plant Patent No. 636

Book  (1943)  Page(s) 13.  
 
R. Marion Hatton.  The World's New Roses. 
A few days after the Jap raid on Hawaii (December 7, 1941), Fred Howard wired me that he was applying for registration of their new Roses under the names Anzac, Douglas MacArthur and Pearl Harbor. Registration was effected in due course, and the varieties were offered in this spring's catalogues. None of these is going to create excitement in the shows, but the gardener is going to like their respective plants.
Anzac is an especially strong upright grower, with good crops of stiff, silvery pink flowers, showing orange-pink centres. They have a fruity fragrance, and I counted up to eighty petals.

Book  (1942)  Page(s) 92.  
 
Mr. C. Frost contributed this extract from the Los Angeles Times....
Among the new Roses to be introduced by Fred Howard will be... along with the Anzac, a radiant pink, named for the fighting men from "Down Under." The latter is, oddly enough, a thornless variety, but the grower assures us that this is no reflection on the fighting qualities of the famous Australians.