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Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, speaks with members of the public after the 2019 Anzac Day Dawn Service at Gallipoli. Photo: Petty Officer Andrew Dakin.

Defence Anzac Day

Solemn promise made at Gallipoli

“For what they have done, this we will do,” the Chief of the Defence Force promised.

Able Seaman Amanda May, from Australia's Federation Guard, holds a picture of her great-grandfather, Erskine Edward May, who fought at Gallipoli. Photo: Petty Officer Andrew Dakin

Navy Anzac Day

Following in her great-grandfather's footsteps

Able Seaman Amanda May is the first in her family to return to Gallipoli since her great-grandfather fought there.

Leading Aircraftman Robert Scott, from the Royal Australian Air Force Band, plays the bagpipes at his great-great-uncle's grave site. Photo: Petty Officer Andrew Dakin

Air Force Anzac Day

Piper pays tribute to fallen ancestor

Leading Aircraftman Robert Scott paid tribute to an ancestor the only way he knows how: by playing his bagpipes.

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