ANZAC Day 2008

Anzac Day 2008 - Kandahar
Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, mark Anzac Day 2008 with a Dawn Service at Camp Baker.

(Date uploaded: 06 May - 06 images)
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Brothers in Arms in Baghdad
Colonel John Turner is deployed as the Senior Medical Officer to the Australian Defence Force's Middle East Headquarters at Camp Victory, adjacent to Baghdad International Airport.

(Date uploaded: 06 May - 02 images)
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Aussies and Brits battle for Desert Ashes
Australian forces and coalition guests came together at Camp Terendak to commemorate ANZAC Day.

(Date uploaded: 30 April - 09 images)
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Lone Pine Service at Gallipoli
ANZAC Day 25 April 2008 marks the 93rd anniversary of the first nationally significant military action fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in The Great War (World War One). About 9000 Australians died at Gallipoli, while another 18,000 were wounded.

(Date uploaded: 29 April - 06 images)
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Army Rugby team visits Villers-Bretonneux
Once again the diggers from the Australian Army stand at the Somme in France, only this time it’s at the first ever ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux.

(Date uploaded: 29 April - 01 images)
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Minister visits Dare War Memorial
The Dare war memorial was built by members of the 2nd/2nd Independent Company in 1969.

(Date uploaded: 29 April - 05 images)
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Governor-General visits Iraq Diggers
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffrey AC CVO MC, visited Australian troops located at Tallil in Southern Iraq.

(Date uploaded: 29 April - 08 images)
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Federation Guard on duty in France
Australia's Federation Guard performed ceremonial duties at a series of five services around the Somme in honour of the French ANZAC Day Community Commemorations 2008, beginning at the Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial on 26 April 2008.

(Date uploaded: 29 April - 06 images)
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Charge of Australian Light Horse commemorated
The dedication of the park of the Australian soldier and the unveiling of a statue in commemoration of the charge of the Australian Light Horse.

(Date uploaded: 29 April - 06 images)
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Paratroopers drop in on ANZAC Day AFL match
Defence paratroopers arrive at the ANZAC Day Australian Football League match between Essendon and Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

(Date uploaded: 29 April - 05 images)
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ANZAC Day service at Camp Phoenix
Operation Astute is the Australian Government's response to a request from the Government of Timor-Leste to assist in restoring peace to their country.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 06 images)
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Dawn service at the ANZAC Commemorative Site, Gallipoli
ANZAC Day 25 April 2008 marks the 93rd anniversary of the first nationally significant military action fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in The Great War (World War One). About 9000 Australians died at Gallipoli, while another 18,000 were wounded.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 07 images)
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ANZAC Day dawn service at P3 Orion Detachment
ANZAC Day dawn service at the RAAF P3-Orion Detachment in the Middle East Area of Operations.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 05 images)
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Dawn service at Camp Terendak, Tallil
Australian forces and coalition guests came together at Camp Terendak to Commemorate ANZAC day.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 09 images)
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ANZAC Day dawn service in Oruzgan Province
ANZAC Day has been commemorated by Australian Diggers in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan with a Dawn service attended by His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery, AC CVO MC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 04 images)
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Reviving of the Flame Ceremony held at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
On the 18th of February 1806 Napoleon decreed that a triumphal arch be built to the glory of the Grande Armée. When the building was inaugurated in 1836 by Thiers, President of the Council under the July Monarchy, its purpose was to commemorate the military exploits of France under the Revolution and the First Empire.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 07 images)
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Baghdad’s International Zone Anzac Day Dawn Service
Coalition and diplomatic partners gathered at the ADF’s Security Detachment (SECDET) compound in Baghdad’s International Zone for the Anzac Day Dawn Service 2008. Guests included the Australian Ambassador Marc Innes-Brown, the UK Ambassador Christopher Prentice, the US Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the Commanding General Multi-National Force - Iraq General David Petraeus.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 06 images)
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ANZAC Day ceremony at the Holy Family Primary School, Karama
An ANZAC Day ceremony held at the Holy Family Primary School at Karama in the Northern Territory, has been attended by soldiers from NORFORCE, and current serving parents.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 03 images)
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Anzac day at the Cenotaph on the Esplanade in Darwin
The dawn service commemorating Anzac day at the Cenotaph on the Esplanade in Darwin, Northern Territory.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 08 images)
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Dedication to the Park of the Australian Soldier Beersheba
Anzac Day Dawn Service, Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Jerusalem.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 07 images)
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Sydney ANZAC Day March 2008
Her excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO leads off the Sydney ANZAC Day March 2008.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 08 images)
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Anzac Day March at Bomaderry, NSW
Australian Defence Force members from the Navy's HMAS ALBATROSS, HMAS CRESWELL and the Army's Parachute Training School, Commemorate the 93rd Anniversary of the 1915 landings of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the shores of Gallipoli.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 08 images)
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Camp Victory Anzac Day Dawn Service
Across the Middle East Australian troops have paused from their duties to observe Anzac Day.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 03 images)
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Dawn Service at Villers-Bretonneux
20 Years after the war, King George VI addressed a crowd assembled for the opening of the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, on the 22nd of July 1938.

(Date uploaded: 28 April - 08 images)
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Photographic exhibition on the Australian involvement on the Western Front during World War I
The Australian Embassy in Paris played host to a photographic exhibition on the Australian involvement on the Western Front during World War I. The images were provided by the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The exhibition was opened by the Australian Ambassador to France, His Excellency David Ritchie and the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Honourable Alan Griffin.

(Date uploaded: 24 April - 05 images)
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Kranji War Cemetery
Contingent members visit Kranji War Cemetery and the Memorial to the Missing in Singapore.

(Date uploaded: 24 April - 10 images)
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ANZAC Day AFL match
Australian soldiers from Overwatch Battle Group (West)-4 swapped their usual desert camouflage uniforms for Collingwood and Essendon jerseys for their own 'ANZAC Day' AFL match.

(Date uploaded: 24 April - 16 images)
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