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Anzac Day Dawn Service

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Posted on 17 March 2022

On 25 April 2022, an Anzac Day Dawn Service will be conducted at the Australian National Memorial, near Villers-Bretonneux, France.

All members of the public wishing to attend will be required to register for a ticket. These tickets are free and available online.

Further information is available on the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ website.

The Australian National Memorial is located on the site of an intense battle fought 104 years before as part of wider efforts to halt a German spring offensive which was threatening to win them the war.

Throughout early April in 1918 Australian units helped defend Villers-Bretonneux from this onslaught, but at dawn on 24 April the Germans attacked and captured the town. Leading the British counter attack, the Australian 13th and 15th Brigades enveloped the town and successfully cleared it of Germans on 25 April, coinciding with the third anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli.

The commemorative service on 25 April 2022 not only commemorates this remarkable First World War action, which effectively ended the German offensive launched a month prior, but will also mark the 107th anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli.

The service will provide an opportunity for all Australians to pause, reflect and appropriately acknowledge the service and sacrifice of all those who have served in the defence of our nation.

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