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VIDEOS: On Remembrance Day, we reflect on the sacrifices made by those who risked and gave their lives to protect us.

Remembering Australians at War

Centenary of the Gallipoli landing at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. A girl places a poppy in the poppy wall at the Shrine. Photo Justin McManus

The commemoration of Anzac Day at the Shrine of Remembrance.

Anzac Day at the Shrine of Remembrance

Poppies placed on the Roll of Honour, after the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Saturday 25 April 2015. Photo Alex Ellinghausen

Photos from the National Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial.

Anzac Day 2015: National Dawn Service 

KIAMA - Anzac Day Dawn service at Kiama with HMAS Albatross.
Photo: Syvia Liber

The best photos from dawn services around Australia, captured by Fairfax Media.

Anzac Day 2015: Dawn services around Australia

WA students will travel to Gallipoli to learn more about Australia's involvement during the war.

32 Western Australian students have been selected to attend the 2015 Gallipoli dawn service in Turkey.

WA students to make history with Anzac tour 

Hundreds of WWI images have been restored, bringing an immediacy to the WWI experience.

From the front: in colour

Mrs Doris Johnson, 91, with a photo of her late husband Neville Johnson. Photo: Eddi Jim

The surviving  widows of World War I servicemen will be a special focus of Anzac Day centenary commemorations. Three of them shared their stories.

Three soldier's widows recall war and peace

WW 2 veteran John Dickie, left, with RSL Sub-Branch Secretary and ex-serviceman Kerry Bee.

Dozens of people turned out to pay their respects at a moving dawn service in Gunnedah on ANZAC Day.

GALLERY: Gunnedah ANZAC Day dawn service

Glen Innes Cadet Unit 207 in their first capacity as Catafalque Guard for the 2014 Glen Innes Anzac Day Dawn Service.

Approximately 500 locals attend the 2014 Glen Innes Anzac Day dawn service at the Glen Innes Cemetery.

Gallery, video: 2014 ANZAC Day Dawn Service

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BURNIE - Thousands attended the dawn service. 
Photo: Grant Wells

BEGA - The Lucas clan (from left) Wayne, Nelson, Sandra Ahkin, Henry and Geoffrey dedicate a wreath to nine Lucas brothers who serviced in WW2. 
Photo: Ben Smyth

BEGA -  Vietnam veteran Tas Harlow and friend Andrew Moore attend the Anzac Day dawn service in Bega
Photo: Ben Smyth

Bendigo poppies Margie Allen and Helen Coughlan. 
Photo: Brendan McCarthy

BURNIE -  Thousands attended the dawn service. 
Photo: Grant Well

BURNIE -  Thousands attended the dawn service. 
Photo: Grant Wells

DUBBO -  What is believed to be the largest crowd ever gathered for the Dawn Service in Dubbo. 
Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO - What is believed to be the largest crowd ever gathered for the Dawn Service in Dubbo. 
Photo: BELINDA SOOLE 

Eaglehawk  -  Lindsay Roberts 
Photo: Peter Weaving

Eaglehawk dawn service 
Photo: Peter Weaving

Eaglehawk dawn service.
Photo: Peter Weaving

INVERELL - About 2000 people stopped to pay their respects at the Dawn Service. Photo: Steve Green The Inverell Times

LAURIETON -  Dawn service visitors pay their respects at the cenotaph.
 Photo: Kate Dwyer

LAURIETON - Joy Smith with her sons Graeme (left) and Warren. It's the first Anzac Day the three have been together since their husband and father, Joseph, a WW2 soldier passed away.
Photo: Kate Dwyer

MERIMBULA -  Piper and Officer Cadet Israel Dunk. 
Photo: Denise Dion

REDLAND BAY - Dawn breaks at the Redland Bay cenotaph where a special reenactment of the landing at Gallipoli was a heart-rending tribute to mark the 100th anniversary of the war. PHOTO JUDITH KERR

REDLAND BAY -  Faceless soldiers played a role in a heart-rending reenactment of the landing at Gallipoli. 
Photo:Judith Kerr

REDLAND BAY - more than 200 children placed poppies and posies at the cenotaph. Photo: Judith Kerr

REDLAND BAY - Pipers and the crowd. 
Photo: Judith Kerr

TAMWORTH - About 6000 people turned out for the Dawn Service at the Anzac Gates. Photo Geoff O'Neill, The Northern Daily Leader

TAMWORTH - About 6000 people turned out for the Dawn Service at the Anzac Gates. Photo: Geoff O'Neill, The Northern Daily Leader

TATHRA -  Allen Collins emcees the Tathra Anzac Day dawn service. 
Photo: Alasdair McDonald

TATHRA -  Dawn breaks over Tathra headland as the morning Anzac Day service gets underway.
Photo: Alasdair McDonald

Wellington Dawn Service  - Wellington RSL sub branch vice president Roy Holmes talks to the large crowd

STUART TOWN - Wing Commander Josh Coleman at Stuart Town's Dawn Service.

BEGA  - Bega RSL sub-branch president Tom Blake gives an address during the Anzac Day dawn service.
Photo: Ben Smyth

MITTAGONG - Philip Stevenson, Army Parachute Regiment, Ross Spirov, Merchant Navy and Army, Tom Currie, Merchant Navy, Ross Johnston, Merchant Navy and Col Wilkinson who served in Germany with the Army.

BOWRAL- Many hundred people lined the streets as the parade passed through Bowral for the Anzac Day Dawn Service. Photo by Jackie Meyers

BOWRAL -  Remembering the Anzacs at the Bowral Dawn Service. 
Photo: Jackie Meyers

GERRINGONG - Hundreds gathered at Gerringong headland for the Anzac Day dawn service. Picture Geiorga Matts

Gerringong - Anzac centenary dawn service

KIAMA- Kiama-Jamberoo RSL chaplain Peter Mitchell addresses the crowd at the Kiama Dawn Service. 
Photo: David Hall

KIAMA - Thousands congregated under the Kiama lighthouse for the Kiama dawn service.
Photo: Sylvia Liber

LAUNCESTON - City of Launceston RSL Band Richard Clarke playing the Last Post on the bugle. 
Photo: Mark Jesser, The Examiner

LAUNCESTON - George Lowe, 4, of Evandale, was one of many to turn out for Launceston's Dawn Service. 
Photo: Mark Jesser, The Examiner

LAUNCESTON - Rob Sanders, Maxwell Sanders (RAAF Flying Officer WWII), and Merle Sanders, of Launceston, at the city's Dawn Service. 
Photo: Mark Jesser, The Examiner

LAUNCESTON- The Dawn Service at Launceston. 
Photo: Mark Jesser, The Examiner

MITTAGONG - Navy Senior Service Viv Cowley lays a wreath on behalf of the Mittagong RSL Sub-Branch. 
Photo: Megan Drapalski

PORT MACQUARIE -  Respects were paid at the Town Green as the sun broke through. 
Photo: Peter Gleeson

ULLADULLA -  Ian Branes plays the Last Post

ULLADULLA -  Many wreaths were laid during a dawn service at a new memorial in a new location

ULLADULLA -  Margaret Pepitt laid a wreath on behalf of the Red Cross.

ULLADULLA  - Sub-Lieutenant Matthew Wood formed part of the catafalque party.

ULLADULLA  - With around 2000 people watching, Lieutenant Steve Cole laid a wreath on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy.

VICTOR HARBOR - Victor Harbor army cadets Rebecca Alcon, Jade Parker, Nathaniel Mcauley, Conner Williams, Ruth Czarnecki, Hayley Williams, Jordan O'Moore, Travis Parker and Hunta Brider were at attention during the dawn service

BERMAGUI -  Bemboka Lighthorse troopers Isaac Reid Chris Reid Stuart Hull Craig Hull.  
Photo: Stan Gorton

BERMAGUI  - Packed dawn service at the Bermagui War Memorial. 
Photo: Stan Gorton

BERMAGUI -  Surf boats on Horseshoe Bay with oars up. 
Photo: Stan Gorton

PORT MACQUARIE -  The generations stood shoulder-toshoulder at the dawn service. Photo: Peter Gleeson

PORT STEPHENS - About 900 people gather for the Clarence Town Anzac Day dawn service. 
Photo: by Anna Wolf

PORT STEPHENS - Veterans, their families and servicemen and women form up for the Raymond Terrace dawn service. 
Photo: Ellie-Marie Watts.

ALBURY -  A young man wearing a cadet uniform poses for a picture against the war memorial after the dawn service in Albury. 
Photo: Matthew Smithwick

ALBURY  - AC Damien Harrop, AC Matthew Jobson, Sgt Mike Coughlan, Cfn Rene Hoefnagels, and AC Sam Chapman formed the catafalque party in Albury's dawn service. 
Photo: Matthew Smithwick

ALBURY - Albury RSL vice-president Mark Dando speaks to the crowd at the dawn service. 
Photo: Matthew Smithwick

BENDIGO -  Paul DeKuyper watches from a balcony. 
Photo: Brendan McCarthy

BENDIGO: Greg Farmer served with the 2nd Cav, RAA for two tours of Iraq. 
Photo: Brendan McCarthy

BENDIGO: Dawn service. 
Photo: Brendan McCarthy

BUNBURY -  A crowd of 6000 attended the dawn service in at Bunbury's war memorial Photo: Andrew Elstermann-Bunbury Mail

BUNBURY -  A crowd of 6000 attended the dawn service in at Bunbury's war memorial Photo: Shanelle Miller - Bunbury Mail

BUNBURY -  A veteran remembers his mates during the last post. 
Photo: Andrew Elstermann - Bunbury Mail

GOOLWA - The HMAS Albatross 808 squadron was represented at the Goolwa Anzac Day dawn service through Heath Evans, Jonathan Dellow, Jamie Pike, Josh Orpwood and Phillip Donges. 
Photo:  Jesse Ehlers

LAURIETON -  Dawn service visitors pay their respects at the cenotaph. 
Photo: Kate Dwyer

LAURIETON - Joy Smith with her sons Graeme (left) and Warren. It's the first Anzac Day the three have been together since their husband and father, Joseph, a WW2 soldier passed away. 
Photo: Kate Dwyer

LAURIETON - RSL sub branch president Mike McClelland reflects after dawn service. Photo:  Kate Dwyer

MOUNT ISA -  Thousands attended the Mount Isa Anzac Day dawn service. 
Photo: Ben MacRae

MOUNT ISA - Thousands flock to Mount Isa for the Anzac Day dawn service. 
Photo: Ben MacRae

MOUNT ISA - Tina Munokoa performs the New Zealand national anthem the Anzac Day dawn service. 
Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

MURRAY BRIDGE - The sun finally rises above lines of crosses after Murray Bridge's centennial Anzac Day commemoration.

NAROOMA -  Mayor Lindsay Brown and John Isles at the dawn service at Club Narooma.
Photo: Jeanne Medlicott

NAROOMA  - RSL members Phil Naylor and Jon King at Narooma dawn service. 
Photo: Jeanne Medlicott 

NAROOMA - Sunrise at the dawn service at Club Narooma 
Photo: Jeanne Medlicott

NURIOOTPA - Nuriootpa commemorates 100 years since the first Gallipoli landings.

PORT ELLIOT -  Milton Rowe and Peg Martlew, both of Port Elliot.  Milton Rowe wore his father’s medals. Wilfred Rowe fought in WWI in the ninth light horse regiment.

STRATHALBYN - Andrew Mepham of the Australian Light Horse Association was among the hundreds of people at the Strathalbyn dawn service.
 Photo: Ryan Finlay

TAILEM BEND - Hundreds gathered at Tailem Bend to remember local soldiers.

TAILEM BEND - Hundreds gathered at Tailem Bend's dawn service. Primary school students honoured local soldiers who died during World War I.

WODONGA - Ex-serviceman Garry Howlett attended Wodonga's dawn service with his granddaughter Tully Howlett, 4. 
Photo: Dylan Robinson

WODONGA - Kerrie Grady holds her umbrella as she watches the service. 
Photo: Dylan Robinson

WODONGA -  Petty Officer Brad Clarke salutes during the service. 
Photo: Dylan Robinson

WODONGA - Wodonga's Emily Hawker, 9, watches the cataflaque party. 
Photo: Dylan Robinson

YANKALILLA - Chelsea Laverty, aged eight, of Yankalilla, takes a closer look of the tributes to the fallen at Yankalilla. 
Picture: Anthony Caggiano.

BALLARAT - Dawn Service at the Arch of Victory.
Photo: Lachlan Bence

BALLARAT - Dawn Service at the Arch of Victory. Pleasant Street Primary School and Ballarat Collage Choir. 
Photo: Lachlan Bence.

BALLARAT - Massive crowds gathered for the Ballarat dawn service.
Photo: Adam Trafford

BALLARAT : Massive crowds gathered for the Ballarat dawn service.
Photo: Adam Trafford

ILLAWARRA - Illawarra Anzac Dawn Service. 
Photo: KIRK GILMOUR

MANNUM - About 400 gathered at Mannum's war memorial for dawn service. 
Photo: Elle Vince

KIAMA - Thousands congregated under the Kiama lighthouse for the Kiama dawn service.
Photo: Kerrielyn Clark

VICTOR HARBOR - Captain David West and his wife Sue at Victor Harbor's dawn service.

WARRNAMBOOL - Anzac Day Centenary Dawn service. 
Photo: Damien White

WARRNAMBOOL - Anzac Day Centenary Dawn service.
Photo: Damien White

WILLUNGA- Tributes to family members who served are left at the war memorial. Photo: Brooke DuBois

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