🗞️Thousands of Australians Attend Dawn Services and Parades on Anzac Day

ANZAC DAY

Veterans marched throughout Australia as people honoured the dead from the world's pivotal wars of the past century and other conflicts with solemn remembrance and pride. Following the 32,000 attendees of the dawn service in front of the national landmark, over a thousand veterans began their march at the top of Anzac Parade in Canberra, with the Australian War Memorial serving as the backdrop. Over 40,000 people attended the dawn service in Melbourne, and an additional 10,000 participated in the march afterwards.

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Along the Kokoda Trail, in Isurava, Papua New Guinea, about eight hundred people attended a dawn service. Among them was Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who had hiked the mountainous route—the scene of fierce fighting in 1942—for the previous two days.

Anzac Day has never asked us to exalt in the glories of war.

 

Anzac Day asks us to stand against the erosion of time, and to hold on to their names. To hold on to their deeds.

 

In the silence, we try to picture them. We try to hear their voices, maybe their laughter, maybe their songs and the jokes they told even as their faces grew waxen, their beards matted with dirt and their dream of seeing home again hung by the flimsiest of threads.

 

We think of how gravely they were tested.

 

We remember them — not just for their courage, even though there were times their courage was almost beyond our comprehension.

Nearly 2000 people attended the Australian National Memorial in France to honour the fallen, while over 1600 people observed the dawn service commemorations at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. On the shores of Gallipoli, Defence Minister Richard Marles paid tribute to the fallen Anzacs.

Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton also paid tribute, stating that soldiers from Australia and New Zealand were the epitome of bravery, camaraderie, and tenacity.

In a video message below :

He said On Anzac Day, we acknowledge the deeds of all Australians who have served in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations throughout our history. We honour the memories of the more than 103,000 Australians who made the ultimate sacrifice. The Anzac spirit has helped us to prevail in war and prosper in peace. In these difficult times, let us know ourselves again. Lest we forget.

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