The Australian War Memorial hosted 4000 people for the Anzac Day National Service today, and while the traditional veterans’ parade could not go ahead, 200 people still participated in the banner parade.
Numbers were down for the traditional Anzac Day ceremony in Canberra today commemorating 106 years since Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed on Anzac Cove.
A number of the veterans sat on the perimeter of the service paying their respects from a distance, while Canberra citizens as well, lined Anzac Parade away from the ticketed event to view the famous service.
Peter Dutton misses Anzac Day services as he is forced to self-isolate after Perth trip
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Friday, 23 April 2021, 1:36 pm
After last year’s cancellation due to COVID-19,
Hamilton City Council and Hamilton Returned Services
Association (RSA) are expecting Hamiltonians to warmly
welcome back their Anzac Day services this Sunday.
The
city’s Anzac Day parades and services return on 25 April
after not going ahead in 2020 – the first cancellation
since services began in Hamilton in 1916.
Hamilton
Mayor Paula Southgate is pleased and relieved that
residents, in COVID-19 lockdown last Anzac Day, can once
again honour the huge sacrifices of New Zealand’s service
personnel.
“I know that Anzac Day was
very difficult for many of us last year; it just didn’t