Some 8,700 Australian soldiers died in the conflict. Anzac Day is a public holiday and the lives of soldiers who died during the war are remembered at dawn memorial services.

After the Second World War, Anzac Day became a commemoration of the lives of Australians who died in both wars and then in subsequent military operations. Memorial services are usually held at ...

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will commemorate the service and sacrifice of Picton resident Second Lieutenant Mervyn Ray Tickner DCM at the ...

including a large service at the country's war memorial in the capital, Wellington. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, at Gallipoli for Anzac Day, said he had visited battlefields and cemeteries in ...

A group of hecklers booed Indigenous Australians as they gathered in Melbourne to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day. Boos and jeers echoed around the Shrine of Remembrance where some 50,000 ...

Crowds flocked to Auckland Domain on Park Rd for the dawn service, which also recognises the past and present service of ...

Te Arawa Māori Returned Services League Inc will lead the city's dawn service in Ōhinemutu from 5.45am tomorrow, while ...

These unique symbols of sacrifice were to commemorate those locals who served and died for their country, a central part of ...

The long-running Mount Eden Anzac Day parade was forced to scale back after organisers were told they had to pay for a ...

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will commemorate the service and sacrifice of Brisbane resident Private Frederick Alfred Herbert Blake at the ...