Tens of thousands of Australians have honoured the country's fallen servicemen and women in parades across the country, during the first large-scale Anzac Day commemorations in two years. 9News
Thousands have turned out to commemorate Anzac Day, the first in which many could do so without COVID-19 restrictions.
Marion Painter, a wireless operator during WWII, travelled with a bus load of people from Narabeen's ANZAC retirement village to the city, a journey the home's residents have made for the past 60 years."I am 99 this year and I wouldn't have missed this for all the tea in China." Andrew Blackmore prepared Anzac biscuits to give out to neighbours, as family members donned their relatives' army medals and uniforms with pride.Australians remember the fallenIn a moving dawn service address in Canberra, veteran Michael Ruffin spoke about the power of mateship, even in the face of extreme adversity
"Had any one of us been wounded that had would have been the end, as we would never have left a mate behind."Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles during the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the Darwin Cenotaph, in Darwin, NT, on Monday 25 April 2022. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
As Australians commemorated the day, so too did New Zealanders: Across the ditch and hours earlier huge crowds gathered to remember those lost in military action at Gallipoli in the first World War.An Australian soldier carries his wounded mate to a medical aid post for treatment at Gallipoli. On the morning of April 25, 2015, an Allied force including Australians, New Zealanders, British, and other troops stormed the Gallipoli Peninsula in an attempt to break through Ottoman defences in WWI.
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