ADF and NZDF combine for the Anzac Cove dawn service.
28 Apr 2025
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Australia and New Zealand join forces at Gallipoli

ADF and New Zealand Defence Force personnel support three parades during Anzac Day commemorations in Turkiye.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
Able Seaman Francis Piccin from the Royal Australian Navy band at Amiens Cathedral in France.
28 Apr 2025
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One song unites two worlds

Able Seaman Francis Piccin performs his musical tribute to Anzacs, Never Forget Australia, in France.

Ceremonies & events | People & service
Australia’s Federation Guard alongside the Royal Australian Navy Band visits memorial sights from the Western Front in France prior to partaking in Anzac Day 2025 dawn services and commemorative services at the Australian National Memorial and Digger Memorial in the Somme region.
28 Apr 2025
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Heroes remembered in France

ADF members stand together at the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
An Australia-New Zealand catafalque party stands guard during the Anzac Day dawn service at Head Quarters Middle East, at Al Minhad Air base in the UAE.
28 Apr 2025
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Desert dawn service invokes Anzac spirit

Australian, New Zealand and British forces stood together in the Middle East to commemorate those who gave their lives.

Alliances & relationships | Commemoration & history
Participants in the Young Endeavour Youth Scheme ship sails through the Brisbane River before embarking on its next voyage to Gladstone.
28 Apr 2025
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All aboard the Young Endeavour

More than 300 young Australians visit Brisbane as part of Young Endeavour’s circumnavigation of Australia.

Community engagement | Exercises & training
Royal Australian Navy sailors from HMAS Toowoomba ship's company march down York Street in Albany, Western Australia, on Anzac Day.
28 Apr 2025
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Navy honours Anzacs' last port of call

HMAS Toowoomba visits Albany, point of departure for the first convoy carrying troops to World War 1.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
Chief of the Defence Force Admiral David Johnston delivers the 2025 Anzac Day message at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
25 Apr 2025
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A time to reflect on service and support

This Anzac Day, the Chief of the Defence Force recognises the commitment of all who have served.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
Australia’s Federation Guard and the Royal Australian Navy Band visits memorial sights from the Western Front in France prior to taking part in Anzac Day dawn services and commemorative services in the Somme region.
24 Apr 2025
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Preparing to honour Anzac Day in France

Members of Australia’s Federation Guard are preparing to mark Anzac Day on historic grounds.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Mitchell Rigney holds a photo of his family member Private Arthur Thomas Walker at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
24 Apr 2025
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Trading the desert for the ocean

Able Seaman Mitchell Rigney reflects on family, country and Anzac Day with Australia’s Federation Guard.

Ceremonies & events | People & service
Royal Australian Navy Captain Jorge McKee, outgoing commander of Combined Task Force 153, Vice Admiral George Wikoff, commander of Combined Maritime Forces, and Egyptian Navy Commodore Mohamed Rasmy, incoming commander of CTF 153, render honours during a change-of-command ceremony in Manama, Bahrain.
24 Apr 2025
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Australia hands over command to Egypt

Australia hands over command of the Combined Maritime Forces task force to the Egyptian Navy.

Alliances & relationships | Operations & missions
Leading Seaman Phillip Lofthouse, deployed on Operation Accordion at Camp Baird, United Arab Emirates.
23 Apr 2025
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Dawn service ashore a first for sailor

Leading Seaman Phillip Lofthouse honours his grandfather this Anzac Day at a dawn service in Abu Dhabi.

Ceremonies & events | Operations & missions
Leading Seaman Benjamin Woodlock, of Australia's Federation Guard, at the Australian War Memorial during the lead-up to Anzac Day 2025, when he will command the Catafalque Party at the Gallipoli dawn service.
23 Apr 2025
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Honoured and humbled to serve

Leading Seaman Benjamin Woodlock will command Australia’s Federation Guard catafalque party at Gallipoli.

Ceremonies & events | People & service