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The donkey marching for the memory of all animals that serve in war

Penny the donkey will take centre stage at Mount Gambier's Anzac Day march. (Supplied: Sarah Treloars)

The Limestone Coast Veterans Hub has created a special rug covered in purple poppies knitted and crocheted by women from the Limestone Coast, as well as Victoria and Tasmania. 

The rug will be worn by Penny the donkey in Mount Gambier's Anzac Day march, raising awareness of the role animals play in war.

Penny's example has spread to Cheshire in England, where donkeys wearing purple poppy rugs will join a local procession for Anzac Day.

Among the sights and sounds of uniformed servicemen and women, veterans and officials marching down the main street of Mount Gambier this Anzac Day will be the hoof-beats of a small grey donkey.

Damp streets and deep silence: Brisbane remembers in the pre-dawn darkness

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Before the going up of the sun, as with every Anzac Day, thousands gathered in the heart of Brisbane to remember those who have fallen.

The 2026 Anzac Day dawn service at Queensland’s Shrine of Remembrance was, as always, a sacred and sombre affair, with the crowd spilling over both Ann and Adelaide streets to Post Office Square.

There was a smattering of rain – a good reminder of the discomforts our Diggers endured, RSL Queensland chief executive Rob Skoda would later reflect – but Army chaplain James Hall’s prayers were answered as the ceremony commenced at 4.30am with stars poking through the parting clouds.

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