Photo gallery: The 2023 Dawn Service at the Australian National Memorial.

On 25 April 2023, an Anzac Day Dawn Service was held at the Australian National Memorial, marking the 108^th anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli in 1915, and also the Battle of Villers Bretonneux which took place on the same date three years later.

On this occasion, more than 1,700 people from France, Australia and other countries came to commemorate and remember the Australian soldiers who have served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping missions.

Attendees gathered in the early hours of the morning for the Dawn Service at the Australian National Memorial located between Fouilloy and Villers-Bretonneux.

It was under a light shower and with visible emotion that visitors from Australia and other countries attended the service.

The French Porte-Drapeaux bearing the French flag led the official party to their seats.

The didgeridoo was played at the opening of the service by Corporal Tarryn Roach of the Royal Australian Air Force.

Master of Ceremonies Colonel Joel Dooley of the Australian Army welcomed attendees to the service.

The Australian Army Band provided music for the service.

Assistant Minister for Defence and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the Honourable Matt Thistlethwaite, and his French counterpart, Madame Patricia Miralles, laid wreaths on the steps of the Australian National Memorial.

Official representatives of the nations present at the service laid wreaths at the foot of the Australian National Memorial.

The Catafalque Party, members of the Australian Federation Guard, were mounted around the entrance to the memorial for the duration of the service.

At the end of the service, attendees came forward to reflect and view the wreaths on the steps of the memorial.