of Australia and New Zealand lay wreaths at an Anzac Day ceremony at the
Canadian War Museum in
Ottawa. )
Antarctica •
Scott Base holds a ceremony honouring the fallen on Anzac Day. Americans from the nearby
McMurdo Station are often invited.
Belgium • In
Ypres, Belgium, a dawn service is held at the
Buttes New British Cemetery in
Zonnebeke; there is a 9:30 am service at the
Tyne Cot Cemetery; a procession from the
Ypres Cloth Hall to
Menin Gate begins at 11:10 am and the Wreath-laying ceremony at the Belgian War Memorial takes place at 11:35 am. In addition, the nightly Last Post Ceremony takes place at the Menin Gate at 8 pm, when buglers from the Last Post Association sound this act of homage as they have every night since 1928. • In
Comines-Warneton, The Ploegsteert Toronto Avenue Cemetery Commemoration Service takes place at 4 pm.
Canada • In
St. John's, Newfoundland, the Gallipoli offensive is commemorated each year on 25 April by the
Royal Newfoundland Regiment, which was the only unit from North America to fight on Gallipoli, who hold a march from Government House through the streets ending at the
National War Memorial. Members of both the Australian and New Zealand armed forces are invited each year to participate in the march and wreath laying ceremonies. • In
Ottawa, Ontario, a service starting at 9 am is held at the
Canadian War Museum. • In
London, Ontario a dawn service starting at 5:45 am was held in 2017 at the Worseley Barracks.
Cyprus • In
Nicosia, a dawn service is held at the
Wayne's Keep Military Cemetery. The ceremony is attended by officials of the
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and the Australian High Commissioner.
Egypt • In Cairo, Egypt, Anzac Day is remembered by the expatriate New Zealand and Australian communities with a dawn ceremony held at the Cairo Commonwealth War Memorial Cemetery, Abu Seifen Street, Old Cairo. New Zealand and Australian Embassies rotate hosting the service.
France • In the town of
Villers-Bretonneux, the Australian government holds an annual dawn service. Indeed, in the Australian narrative of
Second Villers-Bretonneux, the town was re-taken on 25 April 1918, a symbolic anniversary. In fact, that operation was not finished until 27 April. • The town of
Fromelles holds an annual service at
Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery where a few hundred lost Australian soldiers were reburied after being discovered nearby. The ceremony is attended by representatives of the Australian government and French military.
The Battle of Fromelles, an important battle for Australians, happened near the town. • In France services are also held in the towns of
Le Quesnoy and
Longueval. Since the 1990s, an Anzac Day service has also been held at Bullecourt, organised by local French authorities. • In
French Polynesia, Anzac Day has been commemorated with an official ceremony held in
Papeete since 2006. The 2009 ceremony was attended by
French Polynesia President Oscar Temaru, who praised the "courage and liberty" of Australian and New Zealand soldiers in a statement.
Greece • In the Greek capital of
Athens, Anzac Day is commemorated at the
Phaleron Allied War Cemetery. • Since 1998, Anzac Day has also been commemorated in the island of
Lemnos, which served as an Allied base of operations during the Gallipoli campaign, and where there are two Allied cemeteries, at
Mudros Bay and at
Portianou.
Hong Kong • In Hong Kong, a simple dawn commemorative service is held at
the Cenotaph in Central, with a member of the
Hong Kong Police Band playing the Last Post and Reveille from the balcony of the nearby
Hong Kong Club.
India • On 25 April 2019 a wreath-laying ceremony was held for the first time in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery,
Kolkata. The Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Kolkata is housed inside the Bhawanipur Cemetery and houses over 700 war graves, including those of four Australian and two New Zealand soldiers, all of whom died in
World War II. The ceremony was headed by
Australian high commissioner to India Harinder Sindhu and Australian consul-general in Kolkata Andrew Ford. Also present were Australian and New Zealand cricketers and support staff, who were in the city for the
Indian Premier League (IPL).
Ireland • In
Dublin, Anzac Day is remembered by the expatriate New Zealand and Australian communities. In the absence of an official World War I remembrance, and in honour of Irish soldiers who fought and perished in the Dardanelles and elsewhere, Anzac Day commemorations are also attended by members of veterans groups and historical societies, including the
Royal Dublin Fusiliers,
ONET, the
Royal British Legion, and UN Veterans. Since the mid-1980s, an evening service has been organised by the New Zealand-Ireland Association, which currently takes place in St Ann's Church, Dawson St, Dublin 2. For the 90th anniversary in 2005, a daylight service was held for the first time in the re-furbished
Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin 7. A Turkish Hazel tree, planted by the ambassadors of Australia, New Zealand and Turkey, commemorates this occasion. It can be found to the south of the limestone Memorial Wall. Since this date, a dawn service has been held at this location. • At the Ballance House in
County Antrim, the official New Zealand centre in Northern Ireland, an afternoon commemoration takes place.
Israel • In Israel, a commemorative service is held at
Jerusalem British War Cemetery on Anzac Day, attended by the ambassadors of Australia and New Zealand. It is also remembered at the and the
ANZAC Memorial in
Negev.
Italy • In Italy, a commemorative service is held at the
Rome War Cemetery, attended by high members of the military and various embassies associated with the conflict. The service is in English and Maori language. A mass of remembrance is also held.
Malaysia where the ANZAC Day is annually commemorated in the site of the former
Sandakan Death Marches in
Sabah, Malaysia. The Australian Borneo Exhibition Group organises annual trips for ANZAC veterans and students to commemorate World War II in the states of
Sabah and
Sarawak. • In
Kuala Lumpur and
Sandakan, Anzac Day is a memorial day to honour the Australian, British, New Zealand and local soldiers who perished during the Second World War. A commemorative service will be held like dawn service and gunfire breakfast. • In
Kota Kinabalu, a ceremony is held on 26 April at Jalan Tugu (Monument Street) to honour and remember the sacrifices of all freedom fighters including the contribution of Australia and New Zealand to the state of Sabah. • In
Kuching, a commemorative service was held at the World War II Heroes Graves Memorial in Jalan Taman Budaya (Culture Park Street) on 25 April. • In
Labuan, a commemorative service of Dawn and Twilight service are held on 25 April at the
World War II Memorial, the final resting place of some 3,908 war heroes from Australia, Britain, New Zealand, India, Malaya along with those from Borneo and the Philippines who died during the
occupation of British Borneo by the Japanese.
Malta • Anzac Day has been commemorated in
Malta since 1916. Since 1979 the service has been held at the
Pietà Military Cemetery, as it contains the highest number of ANZAC war graves in Malta.
Pacific Ocean island nations • Anzac Day is observed in the
Cook Islands,
Niue,
Pitcairn Islands, and
Tonga. • It was previously a national holiday in
Papua New Guinea and
Samoa. Until 1981 Papua New Guinea commemorated its war dead on Anzac Day; however, since then Remembrance Day has been observed on 23 July, the date of the first action of the
Papuan Infantry Battalion against the Japanese at Awala in 1942 during the
Kokoda Track campaign. • In
Kiribati, Anzac Day is commemorated at the Coast Watchers' Memorial on the islet of
Betio in
South Tarawa, the site of a massacre by beheading of New Zealand military and civilian
coastwatchers by Japanese forces prior to US landings in 1943. • See
the France section above for
French Polynesia.
Poland • In
Warsaw every year, a joint ceremony is held with Australian, New Zealand and Polish representatives at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in
Piłsudski Square.
Singapore • In
Kranji, an Anzac Day dawn service is held by the Australian and New Zealand communities in Singapore on 25 April at the
Kranji War Memorial to commemorate the
landings at Gallipoli during the First World War against the
Ottoman Empire. Memorial services are also held annually at the
Kranji War Cemetery to commemorate those who died during the
occupation of Singapore by the Japanese.
South Sudan • In
South Sudan Australian Defence Force members and fellow peacekeepers serving with the
United Nations Mission commemorated Anzac Day in 2018.
Thailand • In
Kanchanaburi, Thailand, a dawn service is held at
Hellfire Pass, a rock cutting dug by allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers for the
Thai-Burma Railway. This cutting is where the greatest number of lives were lost during railway construction. The dawn service is followed by a gunfire breakfast. At 10 am or 11 am a second ceremony is held at the main POW cemetery in the city of Kanchanaburi. In addition to this, in 2018 the Australian consulate-general held a dawn service in
Phuket at 5.45 am at Phuket Yacht Club, Soi Phon Chalong. The closest Saturday to Anzac Day also sees an Australian rules football match between the Thailand Tigers Australian rules football club and a team invited from neighbouring countries. In 2018 the Thailand Tigers and the Vietnam Swans played their first ever Anzac Day home and away series over two weekends.
Timor Leste • In the capital city Dili, in the Australian Army peace keeping base, a dawn service is held each ANZAC Day.
United Kingdom ANZAC day is officially observed in the United Kingdom, and has been since 1916, and is commemorated at events in London and around the country, but the day does not have public holiday status like in Australia and New Zealand. , London, 25 April 2008|217x217px • In London a 5 am dawn service is held, alternating between the
Australian War Memorial, and the more recently constructed
New Zealand War Memorial, both of which are at
Hyde Park Corner. The day is also marked by a 9 am wreath laying ceremony and service at the Gallipoli Memorial in the crypt of
St Paul's Cathedral and an 11 am Wreath Laying Ceremony and Parade at
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, both of which are attended by official representatives and veterans associations of Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and other countries. The wreath laying ceremony at the cenotaph is directly followed by a service of commemoration and thanksgiving at
Westminster Abbey. The dawn service, ceremony at the cenotaph and the service of commemoration and thanksgiving are usually attended by a member of the
Royal Family representing the
monarch, and by the
high commissioners of Australia and New Zealand. Anzac Day has been officially observed in London since 1916, when King
George V and
Queen Mary attended the first commemorative service at the abbey. • In
Tetbury,
Gloucestershire, England, a March is held on the nearest Sunday to Anzac Day. A march followed by a service is held in
Leighterton Cemetery, which has several war graves of servicemen from Australia and New Zealand. Veterans and cadets from the local
ATC squadron attend. • In
Oxford,
Oxfordshire, England, an Anzac Day service is organised by the Oxford University Australia New Zealand Society. In 2015 the service was held at the University Church on 25 April, followed by dinner in
Somerville College Hall. Representatives of the Australian and New Zealand high commissions attend and Australian, New Zealand, and Turkish students are all involved in the service. • A service of remembrance to commemorate Anzac Day and Gallipoli is held at the
National Memorial Arboretum in
Alrewas, Staffordshire. This commences with a service in the chapel followed by wreath laying at the Gallipoli memorial.
United States • At the
Los Angeles National Cemetery, the New Zealand and Australian consulates-general host the service, held at 9 am. The largest expatriate community of New Zealanders and Australians were in
Southern California as at 2001. • In
San Francisco, there is an 11 am service at the Log Cabin in the
Presidio on the Sunday nearest 25 April. Dignitaries from Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, the United States and the United Kingdom attend. It is followed by a BBQ picnic. and a commemorative service is held on the nearest Sunday to Anzac Day in the roof garden of the
British Empire Building in
Rockefeller Center; it is an annual tradition that has been held at this locale since 1950. • In
Washington, D.C., Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women observe Anzac Day at a dawn service at the
Korean War Veterans Memorial on 25 April and there is also a
Washington National Cathedral commemorative service. • In
Honolulu the
Marine Corps hosts an Anzac Day ceremony at the
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as
The Punchbowl. • Commemoration services are also held at
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