“Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.” Observed on 25 April each year, Anzac Day was to originally commemorate the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
In Australia and New Zealand, services to commemorate the day are held in the quiet, peaceful moments before dawn, which symbolically links the participants to the dawn landing at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915 – 106 years ago today.”
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