Anzac Day 2025: Australia pauses to pay respects to soldiers past and present with dawn services and parades across the nation and overseas

Sky News AU

24-04-2025

Australians around the country will gather together on Friday and pause to pay their respects and commemorate all those who have served and sacrificed their lives in conflicts both past and present.
Dawn services, traditional Anzac Day events and commemorative marches will be held around the country to give thanks to our servicemen and women, and to honour their memories and legacies.
SkyNews.com.au will stream live coverage of key events occurring across the nation and overseas, including the dawn service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the ceremony in Gallipoli.
Read on for a selection of the major events happening across the nation's capitals and beyond. Canberra
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other senior politicians, and members of the Australian Defence Force, will attend the dawn service at the Australian War Memorial in the nation's capital.
In the lead up to the ceremony, from 4.30am to 5.30am AEST, members of the ADF will read aloud excerpts from the letters and diaries of those who experienced the horrors of war firsthand.
The service's Commemorative Address will be delivered by Deputy Chief of Navy, Rear Admiral Matt Buckley AM CSC RAN, while Mr Albanese will also speak briefly to those gathered.
Following the ceremony, Canberra's Anzac Day March will begin at 9.30am. Sydney
Veterans will take part in the annual dawn service held at the cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney's CBD, at 4.20am AEST, with viewing available for all members of the public until capacity is reached.
Members of the public can also attend the annual Anzac Day march from Martin Place to Liverpool Street at 9am.
Hundreds of of current and former servicemen and women are expected to take part, with large crowds expected to line the street in support.
Also occurring is the popular dawn service at Coogee, which begins at 5.30am in Goldstein Reserve.
At least 12,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony.
Finally, there will also be a Commemoration Service at the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, beginning at 12.30pm. Brisbane
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is expected to attend Brisbane's dawn service when it begins at 4.28am AEST.
The ceremony will be held at the city's Shrine of Remembrance on Ann Street.
Following the service, at 9.45am, Brisbane will host its own Anzac Day Parade, which travels down Adelaide Street from George Street to Creek Street. Melbourne
The traditional Anzac Day dawn service will commence at 5.30am AEST at the Shrine of Remembrance, with the ceremony to last an hour.
Members of the public will be allowed to enter the Sanctuary of the Shrine of Remembrance following the service - at 7am - if they wish to lay a poppy in remembrance of those lost.
Melbourne's parade will begin at 8.30am, proceeding from Swanston Street down St Kilda Road to the Shrine of Remembrance. Adelaide
Adelaide's dawn service will be held at the South Australian National War Memorial at 6am ACST.
It will be followed by an Anzac Day March at 9.30am, which will head along North Terrace, King William Road, and Sir Edwin Smith Avenue to the Cross of Sacrifice.
The city's Anzac Day Main Service will occur at the Cross of Sacrifice at 11.30am. Darwin
A dawn service will be held at the Darwin Cenotaph, Bicentennial Park, from 5.30am ACST.
A second commemorative service will be held at the same location from 9am. Hobart
Hobart's dawn service begins at 6am AEST by the Queens Domain Cenotaph.
The city will then host a parade down Macquarie Street and Elizabeth Street at 11am, before a second ceremony begins at the Queens Domain Cenotaph from 11.45am. Perth
Perth's Anzac Day dawn service will take place in King's Park at 5.45am AWST.
The city will also host the Len Hall Tribute Anzac Day AFL Match, with the bounce happening at 6.10pm. Gallipoli
Members of the ADF will join Turkish officials and international dignitaries at the dawn service on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
The ceremony will begin at 12.30pm AEST.
Over 75,000 Australians and New Zealanders served at Gallipoli between April 25 and December 20, 1915. Over 10,000 lost their lives.
In addition to the dawn service, a Lone Pine Australian Memorial Service will take place at 5pm. Villers-Bretonneux
Australian officials and ADF members will join their French counterparts and those from other European nations for the dawn service at Villers-Bretonneux.
The service will begin at 1.30pm AEST.
Australian troops helped defend Villers-Bretonneux from a German onslaught as a part of the Spring Offensive in early April 1918, but were forced out at dawn on April 24.
However, the British counterattack, led by the Australian 13th and 15th Brigades, managed to successfully envelop and clear the town of German forces on April 25, coinciding with the third anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli.