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It's halfway through school holidays in Tasmania, but some children are pulling their uniforms back on to take part in Anzac day marches and services. But how much do our kids actually know about Anzac day? We sat down with some students from Howrah primary school to find out...

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00:05What can you tell me about Anzac Day?
00:09We remember the people who fought and died in wars.
00:13It's a commemoration to mark when the Anzacs first arrived at Gallipoli.
00:21We celebrate the people who fought in the war for our country.
00:25It's a day to remember all the soldiers that fought in World War I.
00:29Anzac Day is like a remembrance day of the Australian and New Zealanders
00:35who fought in the war, World War I at Gallipoli.
00:42Anzac Day to me is like where we remember those who died and lived in World War I.
00:53Well, we commemorate all of the people and animals that went to war and sacrificed their lives for us.
01:03It's a day that we kind of honour them for like what they've been through.
01:08Do you know what Anzac stands for?
01:11Australian, New Zealand, but I don't know the rest.
01:16Australia New Zealand Army Corp.
01:19Australian and New Zealand Army Corp.
01:23Australian and New Zealand Army Corp.
01:36What words come to mind when you think of who they were?
01:41Heroes.
01:42Brave.
01:44Definitely brave.
01:46Persistent.
01:48Warriors.
01:50Brave.
01:51Brave, I'd say.
01:55Trustworthy.
01:56Really courageous.
01:58Honourable.
01:59Do you do anything with your school to prepare for Anzac Day?
02:02We always have a minute's silence.
02:05We're going to sing songs at the Anzac Day parade.
02:09I do choir and we sing lest we forget.
02:16School captains go to a dawn service.
02:18Last year we drew poppies.
02:22Sometimes we make like some paper poppies and stuff.
02:25Do you do anything with your family on Anzac Day?
02:29Well, I sometimes make Anzac biscuits with my mum.
02:32In the morning we normally go to the parade.
02:35I go to a dawn service and then stay there for a couple of hours.
02:40We normally just talk about the war at home.
02:44I'm going to the 11 o'clock service.
02:47Then I go down to Anzac Park.
02:50We watch the dawn service on TV.
02:57We make Anzac cookies.
03:00Why do you think it's important that we have Anzac Day?
03:03Because maybe if we don't everyone will just forget about all the people that went to war.
03:08Because they like saved our lives.
03:12We need to remember and don't forget all the people who kindly fought for us.
03:22It means a lot to me because my great-great-grandfather fought in World War I.
03:31These are my great-grandfather's medals.
03:36He was in World War II.
03:40They're very special.
03:42My great-great-grandfather and his brother, who both went to war, but only one of them didn't come back
03:52because they were in Lone Pine.
03:54My great-great-grandfather fought and died in a war.
03:59These were his keys to his box and these tags were like, if he died then they would know who
04:07had died.
04:09We have to respect the people who died in the war because they fought for our country.
04:13Many of them died and so the least we can do is remember them for what they've done.
04:22If we didn't have Anzac Day we wouldn't really remember what the people did for us.
04:28I think we celebrate it to like say thank you to all those people that fought for us and for
04:37our country.
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