ANZAC Day 2017: People remember sacrifices made by service members
26 April 2017 12:33 PM IST26 April 2017 12:33 PM IST
The Anzac Day, celebrated on April 25, 2017 marks the 1st major military action by Australian and New Zealand forces during the WW1.
The Anzac Day was commemorated in several countries including France, UK and Belgium. The day marks the landing of thousands of troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey on April 25, 1915. (Photo: AFP)- A candle was lit at the grave of an Australian World War I soldier during an ANZAC Day dawn service at Polygon Wood Buttes New British Cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium. (Photo: AP)
- Britain's Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, left, and Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, prepare to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph in London. (Photo: AP)
- New Zealand military stand at attention at the cenotaph during the ANZAC Day dawn service in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Photo: AP)
- The Australian leader also met with US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Kabul, who like him was making an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday. (Photo: AFP)
- People attended the dawn service in Gallipoli. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull met his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi and pledged an additional Aus$110 million (USD 83 million) in funding to combat the Islamic State group. (Photo: AFP)
- Indian Sikh war veterans and their families prepare to take part in the Anzac Day parade in Sydney. (Photo: AFP)
- The Anzac Day Dawn Service was held in memory of the 11,500 service members who died in Turkey during World War I. (Photo: AFP)
The Anzac Day was commemorated in several countries including France, UK and Belgium. The day marks the landing of thousands of troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey on April 25, 1915. (Photo: AFP)
The Anzac Day, celebrated on April 25, 2017 marks the 1st major military action by Australian and New Zealand forces during the WW1.
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