Dawn service at Gallipoli to mark ANZAC Day centenary
- 9 years ago
A dawn service has been held on the Gallipoli peninsula to remember the thousands of soldiers who died there.
Crowds of Australians and New Zealanders have attended the event, for the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War One.
Thousands of ANZAC soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps were gunned down as they struggled to come ashore on a narrow beach.
The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key led tributes.
Britain’s Prince Charles and his son Prince Harry were also present.
About 11,500 Australian and New Zealand troops died in the battle and it was the first time they fought under their own flags.
The fighting claimed more than
130,000 lives, 87,000 of them on
the Ottoman side.
Tony Abbott told the service:
“Ordinary men did extraordinary things. They lived with death and dined with disease because that was where their duty lay.
“In volunteering to serve, they became more than
Crowds of Australians and New Zealanders have attended the event, for the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War One.
Thousands of ANZAC soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps were gunned down as they struggled to come ashore on a narrow beach.
The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key led tributes.
Britain’s Prince Charles and his son Prince Harry were also present.
About 11,500 Australian and New Zealand troops died in the battle and it was the first time they fought under their own flags.
The fighting claimed more than
130,000 lives, 87,000 of them on
the Ottoman side.
Tony Abbott told the service:
“Ordinary men did extraordinary things. They lived with death and dined with disease because that was where their duty lay.
“In volunteering to serve, they became more than