Anzac Day commemorations have begun with a national service at the Australian War Memorial, but without the thousands who normally attend.
Scott Morrison has reminded all Australians the Anzacs have passed on a torch to be carried into the future.
"Here in Canberra, on this day, 75 years ago and the midst of war, our then Prime Minister John Curtin, called for every citizen to give equal measure of devotion, what our servicemen and women give every day. "This Anzac Day, it's been passed to us. And so together, with faith in each other, and guided by the lives and examples of those who've gone before, we grasp that torch and we raise it high again lighting up the Anzac dawn. Lest we forget."Mr Morrison delivered his speech alongside the roll of honour, which marks the names of 102,000 men and women who have died in service.
He also paid tribute to his grandfather Gunner Leslie John Smith, who served Australia in Sir Roden Cutler VC's 2nd 5th Field Regiment as part of the AIF's 7th Division in WWII.A didgeridoo sounded the beginning of the national commemorative service.
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