Anzac Day is a special day in Australia and New Zealand and it is unique to Australia and New Zealand. In Canada, they commemorate the wars, but not on the 25th April - they remember on Remembrance Day, which is the 11th November. This day was the day in 1918 that the First World War officially ended.
Anzac Day has very special meaning to Uncle Rohan and his brothers, as their Grandfather (Phoebe's Great Grandfather) fought at Gallipoli in 1915, landing on the beach at sunrise with his countrymen.
Every year Uncle Rohan remembers at the local cenotaph, where he lays a bouquet of flowers in memory of all the service men and women who gave so much for their country.
I went with Uncle Rohan today as he paid his respects. We couldn't find any poppies, so we laid an arrangement of carnations. We recited the Ode of Remembrance and observed a minute's silence. It was very quiet and peaceful and very moving.
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