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What Anzac Day means to those who have served Australia
For Australians, April 25 is a day of national remembrance, where millions around the country reflect not only on the Anzacs who landed at Gallipoli in 1915, but on the more than two million people who have served Australia since then.
Today, at Dawn Services and marches held across the country, it was their stories of sacrifice, bravery and mateship that were honoured.
Ryan Cripps is just one of many serving members who knows those stories well.
Ryan Cripps served in Afghanistan as a combat medic and was in Launceston, Tasmania, with a group of ex-army mates to march in honour of a former colleague. (ABC News: Morgan Timms )
'In peace or conflict: Aussies abroad mark Anzac Day
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With spiralling conflicts in the Middle East, Anzac Day has taken a more resonant meaning for Australians in the restive region.
"Australia's embassies, high commissions and consulates will commemorate Anzac Day across the globe, whether in regions of peace or conflict," the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
"In the Middle East, several embassies will mark the occasion despite being unable to host usual events due to the conflict."
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Anzac Day 2026 – in pictures
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The dawn service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney.Credit:Louise Kennerley
The service in Martin Place, Sydney, began at 4.20am.Credit:Louise Kennerley
Australian Army Cadets before the start of the Anzac Day march in Sydney.Credit:Louise Kennerley
Spectators watch the Anzac Day march in Sydney.Credit:Sitthixay Ditthavong
Rod White, a Vietnam veteran, waits to march in Sydney.Credit:Louise Kennerley
Retired Colonel Tony White, who was a frontline doctor in the Vietnam War, with his wife at the dawn service in Coogee.Credit:Audrey Richardson
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