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==Commemoration in other countries== [[File:ANZAC day 2009 CWM.jpg|thumb|right|The [[High Commissioner#The Commonwealth|high commissioners]] of Australia and New Zealand lay wreaths at an Anzac Day ceremony at the [[Canadian War Museum]] in [[Ottawa]].]] [[File:News. Anzac Day BAnQ P48S1P07060.jpg|thumb|right|Anzac Day ceremony in Montreal, Quebec]] [[File:Anzacrarotonga.jpg|thumb|right|Boys Brigade review on 25 April 2005 ([[Rarotonga]])]] [[File:Australian and NZ soldiers present arms during an Anzac Day dawn ceremony at Camp Taji in April 2018.jpg|thumb|Australian and New Zealand soldiers during an Anzac Day dawn service at Camp Taji in Iraq during 2018]] ===Antarctica=== * [[Scott Base]] holds a ceremony honouring the fallen on Anzac Day. Americans from the nearby [[McMurdo Station]] are often invited.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anzac service in Antarctica|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/world/anzac-service-in-antarctica-2015042514#axzz3YIWAp3Sl|access-date=25 April 2015|publisher=3 News|date=25 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719150104/http://www.3news.co.nz/world/anzac-service-in-antarctica-2015042514#axzz3YIWAp3Sl|archive-date=19 July 2015}}</ref> ===Belgium=== * In [[Ypres]], Belgium, a dawn service is held at the [[Buttes New British Cemetery]] in [[Zonnebeke]]; there is a 9:30 am service at the [[Tyne Cot|Tyne Cot Cemetery]]; a procession from the [[Ypres Cloth Hall]] to [[Menin Gate]] begins at 11:10 am and the Wreath-laying ceremony at the Belgian War Memorial takes place at 11:35 am. In addition, the nightly Last Post Ceremony takes place at the Menin Gate at 8 pm, when buglers from the Last Post Association sound this act of homage as they have every night since 1928.<ref name="Flanders">{{cite web|url=https://www.visitflanders.com/en/things-to-do/events/top/great-war-centenary/anzac-day.jsp|access-date=25 November 2018|title=Anzac Day|website=Visit Flanders|archive-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162722/https://www.visitflanders.com/en/things-to-do/events/top/great-war-centenary/anzac-day.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> *In [[Comines-Warneton]], The Ploegsteert Toronto Avenue Cemetery Commemoration Service takes place at 4 pm.<ref name="Flanders" /> ===Brunei=== * In [[Muara, Brunei|Muara]], a pre-dawn service is held on 25 April at the Brunei-Australia Memorial as a remembrance of the servicemen and women of Australia and New Zealand. The commemoration is held on Muara Beach, the site where the Allied forces led by Australia's [[9th Division (Australia)|9th Division]] landed in Brunei on 10 June 1945 as part of the [[Borneo campaign (1945)|campaign to liberate Borneo]] from the Japanese.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://borneobulletin.com.bn/100-gather-anzac-day-service/|title=Over 100 gather for Anzac Day service|author=James Kon|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|date=26 April 2017|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113130611/http://borneobulletin.com.bn/100-gather-anzac-day-service/|archive-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> ===Canada=== * In [[St. John's, Newfoundland]], the Gallipoli offensive is commemorated each year on 25 April by the [[Royal Newfoundland Regiment]], which was the only unit from North America to fight on Gallipoli, who hold a march from Government House through the streets ending at the [[National War Memorial (Newfoundland)|National War Memorial]]. Members of both the Australian and New Zealand armed forces are invited each year to participate in the march and wreath laying ceremonies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/newfoundland-facts|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125104152/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/newfoundland-facts|title=British Empire: Page 6 – Dominion of Newfoundland|website=New Zealand History}}</ref> * In [[Ottawa]], Ontario, a service starting at 9 am is held at the [[Canadian War Museum]].<ref name="Canada2017" /> * In [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Anzac service is held at the Armour Heights Officers' Mess, [[Canadian Forces College]].<ref name="Canada2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/news/anzac-day-memorial-services-in-canada-in-2017/|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125110342/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/news/anzac-day-memorial-services-in-canada-in-2017/|title=Anzac Day Memorial Services in Canada in 2017|date=11 April 2017|website=New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> * In [[London, Ontario]] a dawn service starting at 5:45 am was held in 2017 at the Worseley Barracks.<ref name="Canada2017" /> * In [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]] Anzac Day was commemorated by the Down Under Club of Winnipeg on Saturday 29 April 2017 from 6 pm until 10 pm at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://downunderclub.mb.ca/anzac-day/|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125104708/http://downunderclub.mb.ca/anzac-day/|title=Anzac Day|website=Down Under Club of Winnipeg|date=19 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Canada2017" /> * In [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], a [[Cenotaph]] Service is held annually at [[Central Memorial Park (Calgary)|Central Park]] with participation from the local military, held in the evening.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/anzac/ceremony/overseas.htm#canada|title=Anzac Day Ceremonies Overseas 2007|work=[[Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)|Department of Veteran' Affairs]]|access-date=10 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904163505/http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/anzac/ceremony/overseas.htm#canada|archive-date=4 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="Canada2017" /> * In [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Anzac Day ceremonies have been held since 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/anzac-day-in-edmonton|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125105514/https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/anzac-day-in-edmonton|title=Fallen soldiers remembered in Edmonton Anzac Day ceremony|website=Edmonton Journal|first=Emma|last=Graney}}</ref><ref name="Canada2017" /> * In [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Anzac service is held at [[Victory Square, Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzembassy.com/canada/news/anzac-day-centenary-services-in-canada-in-2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424010101/http://www.nzembassy.com/canada/news/anzac-day-centenary-services-in-canada-in-2015|title=Anzac Day Ceremonies in Canada 2015|work=New Zealand High Commission Ottawa, Ontario, Canada|archive-date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Canada2017" /> * In [[Comox, British Columbia|Comox]], BC, Vancouver Island Anzac Day is held on the Sunday closest to 25 April. Hosted by the {{HMCS|Alberni}} Museum and Memorial, the ceremony is held in various locations each year on Vancouver Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alberniproject.org/history/our-story.html|access-date=3 March 2018|title=The HMCS Alberni Museum And Memorial – Our History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305070145/http://www.alberniproject.org/history/our-story.html|archive-date=5 March 2018}}</ref> ===Cyprus=== * In [[Nicosia]], a dawn service is held at the [[Wayne's Keep Military Cemetery]]. The ceremony is attended by officials of the [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus]] (UNFICYP) and the Australian High Commissioner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/en/news/local/144342/unficyp-commemorates-anzac-day-with-dawn-service-in-nicosia|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005219/http://www.sigmalive.com/en/news/local/144342/unficyp-commemorates-anzac-day-with-dawn-service-in-nicosia|title=UNFICYP commemorates Anzac Day with dawn service in Nicosia|last=Hajiloizis|first=Mario|archive-date=26 November 2018|website=SigmaLive}}</ref> ===Egypt=== * In Cairo, Egypt, Anzac Day is remembered by the expatriate New Zealand and Australian communities with a dawn ceremony held at the Cairo Commonwealth War Memorial Cemetery, Abu Seifen Street, Old Cairo. New Zealand and Australian Embassies rotate hosting the service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthegotours.com/blog/2012/04/anzac-day-in-egypt/|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126010426/https://www.onthegotours.com/blog/2012/04/anzac-day-in-egypt/|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=ANZAC Day in Egypt|website=Onthego}}</ref> ===France=== * In the town of [[Villers-Bretonneux]], the Australian government holds an annual dawn service.<ref name="dva.gov.au" /> For decades, the commemoration was organised by French locals (on the next closest weekend to Anzac Day) until the Australian government took over the organisation of an Anzac Day dawn service at the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux. Historian Romain Fathi has explained that several factors contributed to this "commemorative take-over", such as the need to have an official service in France, a deteriorating relationship with Turkey in the mid-2000s that jeopardised access to Anzac Cove, and associating Anzac Day with victory on the Western Front, rather than defeat at Gallipoli.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332905556|title=Our Corner of the Somme. Australia at Villers-Bretonneux|last=Fathi|first=Romain|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1-108-47149-7|location=Cambridge|pages=144–148|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-date=4 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704005414/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332905556_Our_Corner_of_the_Somme_Australia_at_Villers-Bretonneux|url-status=live}}</ref> Indeed, in the Australian narrative of [[Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux|Second Villers-Bretonneux]], the town was re-taken on 25 April 1918, a symbolic anniversary. In fact, that operation was not finished until 27 April.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326009047|title="'They Attack Villers-Bretonneux and block the road to Amiens'. A French perspective on Second Villers-Bretonneux" In New Directions in War and History, Tristan Moss and Thomas Richardson (eds).|last=Fathi|first=Romain|publisher=Big Sky Publishing|year=2017|location=Newport|page=53|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-date=4 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704005343/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326009047_%27They_Attack_Villers-Bretonneux_and_block_the_road_to_Amiens%27_A_French_perspective_on_Second_Villers-Bretonneux|url-status=live}}</ref> * The town of [[Fromelles]] holds an annual service at [[Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery|Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery]] where a few hundred lost Australian soldiers were reburied after being discovered nearby. The ceremony is attended by representatives of the Australian government and French military. [[Attack at Fromelles|The Battle of Fromelles]], an important battle for Australians, happened near the town. * In France services are also held in the towns of [[Le Quesnoy]] and [[Longueval]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzembassy.com/info.cfm?c=6&l=37&CFID=524204&CFTOKEN=21702&s=bu&p=359|title=New Zealand/France Bilateral Relations " War Commemorations|work=NZ Embassy, [[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]|access-date=10 May 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025121712/http://www.nzembassy.com/info.cfm?c=6&l=37&CFID=524204&CFTOKEN=21702&s=bu&p=359|archive-date=25 October 2007}}</ref> Since the 1990s, an Anzac Day service has also been held at Bullecourt, organised by local French authorities. * In [[French Polynesia]], Anzac Day has been commemorated with an official ceremony held in [[Papeete]] since 2006.<ref name="tahitipresse">{{cite news|title=Anzac Day commemoration in Tahiti|url=http://www.tahitipresse.pf/index.cfm?snav=see&presse=27352&lang=2|work=[[Tahitipresse]]|date=24 April 2009|access-date=24 April 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The 2009 ceremony was attended by [[French Polynesia President]] [[Oscar Temaru]], who praised the "courage and liberty" of Australian and New Zealand soldiers in a statement.<ref name="tahitipresse" /> ===Germany=== * In Germany, Anzac Day is commemorated in [[Berlin]], at the Commonwealth Kriegsgräber, Charlottenburg. (Commonwealth War Graves).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzembassy.com/news.cfm?CFID=24936583&CFTOKEN=65369687&c=1&l=1&i=5857|title=New Zealand/Germany Bilateral Relations – War Commemorations|work=NZ Embassy, [[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]|access-date=26 April 2009}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ===Greece=== * In the Greek capital of [[Athens]], Anzac Day is commemorated at the [[Phaleron Allied War Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.alimosonline.gr/%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85/19079-anzac-day-%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%AE%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AE-%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85|title=ANZAC DAY: Πραγματοποιήθηκε η τελετή μνήμης στο Συμμαχικό Νεκροταφείο Αλίμου|date=25 April 2018|language=Greek|publisher=Alimos Online|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=28 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228173935/https://www.alimosonline.gr/%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85/19079-anzac-day-%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%AE%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AE-%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85|url-status=live}}</ref> * Since 1998, Anzac Day has also been commemorated in the island of [[Lemnos]], which served as an Allied base of operations during the Gallipoli campaign, and where there are two Allied cemeteries, at [[Mudros Bay]] and at [[Portianou]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.real.gr/koinonia/arthro/limnos_sta_symmaxika_nekrotafeia_tou_anzac_sti_limno_timoun_tin_ethniki_epeteio_australias_kai_nea_zilandias-827964/|title=Λήμνος: Στα Συμμαχικά νεκροταφεία του ANZAC στη Λήμνο τιμούν την εθνική επέτειο Αυστραλίας και Νέα Ζηλανδίας|date=25 April 2022|publisher=Real.gr|language=Greek|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=28 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228173935/https://www.real.gr/koinonia/arthro/limnos_sta_symmaxika_nekrotafeia_tou_anzac_sti_limno_timoun_tin_ethniki_epeteio_australias_kai_nea_zilandias-827964/|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Hong Kong=== * In Hong Kong, a simple dawn commemorative service is held at [[The Cenotaph (Hong Kong)|The Centotaph]] in Central, with a member of the [[Hong Kong Police Band]] playing the Last Post and Reveille from the balcony of the nearby [[Hong Kong Club]].<ref>[http://www.hongkong.china.embassy.gov.au/hkng/HOME_ANZAC.html ANZAC Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406063503/http://www.hongkong.china.embassy.gov.au/hkng/HOME_ANZAC.html |date=6 April 2011 }} – Australian Consulate-General, Hong Kong. Retrieved 25 April 2010.</ref> ===India=== * On 25 April 2019 a wreath-laying ceremony was held for the first time in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, [[Kolkata]]. The Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Kolkata is housed inside the Bhawanipur Cemetery and houses over 700 war graves, including those of four Australian and two New Zealand soldiers, all of whom died in [[World War II]]. The ceremony was headed by [[Australian High Commissioner to India|Australian high commissioner to India]] Harinder Sindhu and Australian consul-general in Kolkata Andrew Ford. Also present were Australian and New Zealand cricketers and support staff, who were in the city for the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mitra|first1=Debraj|title=Tribute and wreaths for World War soldiers|url=https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/imageview_266592_152854566_4_71_26-04-2019_11_i_1_sf.html|access-date=26 April 2019|issue=Kolkata|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426041649/https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/imageview_266592_152854566_4_71_26-04-2019_11_i_1_sf.html}}</ref> ===Ireland=== * In [[Dublin]], Anzac Day is remembered by the expatriate New Zealand and Australian communities. In the absence of an official World War I remembrance, and in honour of Irish soldiers who fought and perished in the Dardanelles and elsewhere, Anzac Day commemorations are also attended by members of veterans groups and historical societies, including the [[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]], [[Veterans in Ireland|ONET]], the [[Royal British Legion]], and UN Veterans.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} Since the mid-1980s, an evening service has been organised by the New Zealand-Ireland Association,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newzealand.ie|title=Welcome to the New Zealand Ireland Association|work=newzealand.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404085520/http://www.newzealand.ie/|archive-date=4 April 2009|access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref> which currently takes place in St Ann's Church, Dawson St, Dublin 2. For the 90th anniversary in 2005, a daylight service was held for the first time in the re-furbished [[Grangegorman Military Cemetery]], Dublin 7. A Turkish Hazel tree, planted by the ambassadors of Australia, New Zealand and Turkey, commemorates this occasion. It can be found to the south of the limestone Memorial Wall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Grangegorman-Military-Cemetery-Conservation-Management-Plan-2015.pdf|title=Grangegorman Military Cemetery Conservation Management Plan 2015–2020|page=19|publisher=[[Office of Public Works]]|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424185855/http://phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Grangegorman-Military-Cemetery-Conservation-Management-Plan-2015.pdf}}</ref> Since this date, a dawn service has been held at this location.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.keanewzealand.com/events/anzac-day-services-uk-and-ireland/|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126011438/https://www.keanewzealand.com/events/anzac-day-services-uk-and-ireland/|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=ANZAC Day Services 2017 – UK and Ireland|website=Kea}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-attend-anzac-service-in-dublin-to-remember-gallipoli-dead-1.2189548|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126011844/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-attend-anzac-service-in-dublin-to-remember-gallipoli-dead-1.2189548|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=Hundreds attend Anzac service in Dublin to remember Gallipoli dead|date=25 April 2015|first=Ronan|last=McGreevy|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> *At the Ballance House in [[County Antrim]], the official New Zealand centre in Northern Ireland, an afternoon commemoration takes place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theballancehouse.com/news/|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126031005/https://www.theballancehouse.com/news/|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=Anzac Day Commemoration Service 2017|website=The Ballance House}}</ref> ===Israel=== * In Israel, a commemorative service is held at [[Jerusalem British War Cemetery]] on Anzac Day, attended by the ambassadors of Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/ANZAC-Day-Commemoration-held-on-Mount-Scopus-488934|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126031905/https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/ANZAC-Day-Commemoration-held-on-Mount-Scopus-488934|website=The Jerusalem Post|title=ANZAC Day Commemoration held on Mount Scopus|date=25 April 2017|last=Cashman|first=Greer Fay}}</ref> It is also remembered at the {{ill|Be'er-Sheva Anzac Memorial Centre|he|המרכז להנצחת חיילי אנז"ק בבאר שבע}} and the [[ANZAC Memorial (Israel)|ANZAC Memorial]] in [[Negev]]. === Italy === *In Italy, a commemorative service is held at the [[:it:Rome War Cemetery|Rome War Cemetery]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=CWGC|title=ANZAC Day 2023 marked at CWGC cemeteries & memorials worldwide|url=https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/news/anzac-day-2023-marked-at-cwgc-cemeteries-memorials-worldwide/|access-date=16 September 2023|website=CWGC|language=en|archive-date=30 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030115638/https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/news/anzac-day-2023-marked-at-cwgc-cemeteries-memorials-worldwide/|url-status=live}}</ref> attended by high members of the military and various embassies associated with the conflict. The service is in English and Maori language. A mass of remembrance<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 April 2016|title=Anzac Day in Rome|url=https://catholicoutlook.org/anzac-day-in-rome/|access-date=16 September 2023|website=Catholic Outlook|language=en-AU|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929234620/https://catholicoutlook.org/anzac-day-in-rome/|url-status=live}}</ref> is also held. === Malaysia === [[File:Sandakan Sabah SandakanMemorialPark-09.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Sandakan Memorial Park]] where the ANZAC Day is annually commemorated in the site of the former [[Sandakan Death Marches]] in [[Sabah]], Malaysia.]] The Australian Borneo Exhibition Group organises annual trips for ANZAC veterans and students to commemorate World War II in the states of [[Sabah]] and [[Sarawak]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2017/04/26/a-peek-into-our-history-group-seeks-funding-to-bring-back-ww-ii-exhibition-to-commemorate-the-challe/|title=A peek into our history|author=Geryl Ogilvy|work=The Star|date=26 April 2017|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113125036/https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2017/04/26/a-peek-into-our-history-group-seeks-funding-to-bring-back-ww-ii-exhibition-to-commemorate-the-challe/|archive-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> * In [[Kuala Lumpur]] and [[Sandakan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aism.edu.my/userfiles/file/Others/ANZAC%20Day%20Commemorative%20Service%20Article.pdf|title=2014 ANZAC Day Commemorative Service – Kuala Lumpur and Sandakan, Sabah|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426235353/http://www.aism.edu.my/userfiles/file/Others/ANZAC%20Day%20Commemorative%20Service%20Article.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2014}}</ref> Anzac Day is a memorial day to honour the Australian, British, New Zealand and local soldiers who perished during the Second World War. A commemorative service will be held like dawn service and gunfire breakfast. * In [[Kota Kinabalu]], a ceremony is held on 26 April at Jalan Tugu (Monument Street) to honour and remember the sacrifices of all freedom fighters including the contribution of Australia and New Zealand to the state of Sabah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/671818-simple-but-meaningful-ceremony-for-anzac-day-in-kota-kinabalu.html|title=Simple But Meaningful Ceremony For Anzac Day in Kota Kinabalu|work=Bernama|publisher=Malaysian Digest|date=26 April 2017|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113125204/http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/671818-simple-but-meaningful-ceremony-for-anzac-day-in-kota-kinabalu.html|archive-date=13 November 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref> * In [[Kuching]], a commemorative service was held at the World War II Heroes Graves Memorial in Jalan Taman Budaya (Culture Park Street) on 25 April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seeds.theborneopost.com/2016/04/30/50-years-since-the-end-of-sarawaks-secret-war/|title=50 years since the end of Sarawak's 'secret' war|author=Patricia Hului|publisher=The Borneo Post Seeds|date=30 April 2016|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113125307/http://seeds.theborneopost.com/2016/04/30/50-years-since-the-end-of-sarawaks-secret-war/|archive-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> * In [[Labuan]], a commemorative service of Dawn and Twilight service are held on 25 April at the [[Labuan War Cemetery|World War II Memorial]], the final resting place of some 3,908 war heroes from Australia, Britain, New Zealand, India, Malaya along with those from Borneo and the Philippines who died during the [[Japanese occupation of British Borneo|occupation of British Borneo by the Japanese]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labuantimes.com/index.php/2017/04/25/dawn-and-twilight-services-held-in-labuan-world-war-ii-memorial/|title=Dawn and twilight services held in Labuan World War II Memorial|publisher=Labuan Times|date=25 April 2017|access-date=13 November 2017|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113125506/http://www.labuantimes.com/index.php/2017/04/25/dawn-and-twilight-services-held-in-labuan-world-war-ii-memorial/|archive-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> ===Malta=== * Anzac Day has been commemorated in [[Malta]] since 1916. Since 1979 the service has been held at the [[Pietà Military Cemetery]], as it contains the highest number of ANZAC war graves in Malta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://malta.embassy.gov.au/mlta/ANZAC.html|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126032308/https://malta.embassy.gov.au/mlta/ANZAC.html|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=ANZAC in Malta|website=Australian High Commission, Malta}}</ref> ===Pacific Ocean island nations=== * Anzac Day is observed in the [[Cook Islands]], [[Niue]], [[Pitcairn Islands]], and [[Tonga]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} * It was previously a national holiday in [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Samoa]].<ref>Qpp Studio [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119072852/http://www.qppstudio.net/publicholidays2014/papua_new_guinea.htm] Retrieved on 25 April 2014</ref><ref>Air New Zealand International, [http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/176772/samoa-to-commemorate-anzac-day-without-a-public-holiday Samoa to commemorate ANZAC day without a public holiday, 25 April 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614105414/http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/176772/samoa-to-commemorate-anzac-day-without-a-public-holiday |date=14 June 2017 }}</ref> Until 1981 Papua New Guinea commemorated its war dead on Anzac Day; however, since then Remembrance Day has been observed on 23 July, the date of the first action of the [[Papuan Infantry Battalion]] against the Japanese at Awala in 1942 during the [[Kokoda Track campaign]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Phillip|title=Hell's Battlefield: To Kokoda and Beyond|publisher=Allen and Unwin|location=Crows Nest, New South Wales|year=2013|edition=Second|page=46|isbn=978-1-74331-755-6}}</ref> * In [[Kiribati]], Anzac Day is commemorated at the Coast Watchers' Memorial on the islet of [[Betio]] in [[South Tarawa]], the site of a massacre by beheading of New Zealand military and civilian [[coastwatchers]] by Japanese forces prior to US landings in 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-timaru-herald/20120616/282291022308005|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126033326/https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-timaru-herald/20120616/282291022308005|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=Beheaded Kiwi's Memorial|website=The Timaru Herald}}</ref><ref>Source: Australian National Archives; Report on Japanese atrocities at Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands (execution of European prisoners at Betio, Tarawa on or about 15 October 1942), compiled by Major DCI Wernham, District Officer, Gilbert Islands, supplied to Australian government by High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, February 1944.</ref> * See [[Anzac Day#France]] above for [[French Polynesia]]. ===Poland=== * In [[Warsaw]] every year, a joint ceremony is held with Australian, New Zealand and Polish representatives at the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Warsaw)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] in [[Piłsudski Square]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/news/anzac-day-warsaw/|title=Anzac Day – Warsaw|work=New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry|date=7 April 2016|access-date=14 April 2016|quote=To commemorate the 101st anniversary of the landing, the Embassies of New Zealand and Australia, with support from the Warsaw Garrison, will be holding a Service of Remembrance at 1145 hours … on Monday 25 April 2015 at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Pl. Piłsudskiego in Warsaw.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162253/https://mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/news/anzac-day-warsaw/|archive-date=18 April 2017}}</ref> ===Singapore=== * In [[Kranji]], an Anzac Day dawn service is held by the Australian and New Zealand communities in Singapore on 25 April at the [[Kranji War Memorial]] to commemorate the [[Landing at Anzac Cove|landings at Gallipoli]] during the First World War against the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advance.org/events/2240/|title=Singapore: Anzac Day Dawn Service|publisher=Advance|date=25 April 2017|access-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114054049/https://www.advance.org/events/2240/|archive-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> Memorial services are also held annually at the [[Kranji War Cemetery]] to commemorate those who died during the [[Japanese occupation of Singapore|occupation of Singapore by the Japanese]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/sip_183_2004-12-27.html|title=Kranji Memorials|author=Wong Heng|publisher=[[National Library Board]]|year=2002|access-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114054535/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/sip_183_2004-12-27.html|archive-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> ===South Sudan=== * In [[South Sudan]] Australian Defence Force members and fellow peacekeepers serving with the [[United Nations Mission in South Sudan|United Nations Mission]] commemorated Anzac Day in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dod.tplhost.com/play/5670|access-date=25 November 2018|title=Anzac Day in South Sudan (video)|website=Australian Govt. Dept of Defence|archive-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162841/http://dod.tplhost.com/play/5670|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Thailand=== * In [[Kanchanaburi]], Thailand, a dawn service is held at [[Hellfire Pass]], a rock cutting dug by allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers for the [[Thai-Burma Railway]]. This cutting is where the greatest number of lives were lost during railway construction. The dawn service is followed by a gunfire breakfast. At 10 am or 11 am a second ceremony is held at the main POW cemetery in the city of Kanchanaburi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/history/conflicts/thaiburma-railway-and-hellfire-pass/locations/remembering-railway/anzac-day|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126034654/https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/history/conflicts/thaiburma-railway-and-hellfire-pass/locations/remembering-railway/anzac-day|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=Anzac Day in Thailand|author=Australian Govt. Dept of Veterans' Affairs}}</ref> In addition to this, in 2018 the Australian consulate-general held a dawn service in [[Phuket]] at 5.45 am at Phuket Yacht Club, Soi Phon Chalong.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/news/anzac-day-in-thailand/|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126034701/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/news/anzac-day-in-thailand/|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=ANZAC Day in Thailand 2018|author=New Zealand. Foreign Affairs & Trade}}</ref> The closest Saturday to Anzac Day also sees an Australian rules football match between the Thailand Tigers Australian rules football club and a team invited from neighbouring countries. In 2018 the Thailand Tigers and the Vietnam Swans played their first ever Anzac Day home and away series over two weekends.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl-asia.com/anzac-day-action-within-afl-asia/|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126035918/https://www.afl-asia.com/anzac-day-action-within-afl-asia/|title=Anzac Day Action within AFL Asia|website=AFL Asia}}</ref> ===Timor Leste=== * In the capital city Dili, in the Australian Army peace keeping base, a dawn service is held each ANZAC Day.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 March 2024|title=The Dawn Service|url=https://www.army.gov.au/about-us/history-and-research/traditions/dawn-service|access-date=15 June 2024|website=army.gov.au|language=en}}</ref> ===United Kingdom=== ANZAC day is officially observed in the United Kingdom, and has been since 1916, and is commemorated at events in London and around the country, but the day does not have public holiday status like in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Tony |date=2025-04-25 |title=Duchess of Edinburgh to attend Anzac Day commemorations in the capital |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/turkey-edinburgh-duchess-new-zealand-london-b1224178.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UK Armed Forces join London ANZAC Day commemorations |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-armed-forces-join-london-anzac-day-commemorations |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> [[File:Anzacday08.JPG|thumb|right|Anzac Day dawn service at the New Zealand Memorial, [[Hyde Park Corner]], London, 25 April 2008|217x217px]] * In London a 5 am dawn service is held, alternating between the [[Australian War Memorial, London|Australian War Memorial]], and the more recently constructed [[New Zealand War Memorial, London|New Zealand War Memorial]], both of which are at [[Hyde Park Corner]]. The day is also marked by a 9 am wreath laying ceremony and service at the Gallipoli Memorial in the crypt of [[St Paul's Cathedral]]<ref name=StPaulsService>{{cite web|title=Events – 2015|url=http://www.gallipoli-association.org/content/events-2015|website=Gallipoli Association|access-date=25 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530230923/http://www.gallipoli-association.org/content/events-2015|archive-date=30 May 2015}}</ref> and an 11 am Wreath Laying Ceremony and Parade at [[The Cenotaph, Whitehall]], both of which are attended by official representatives and veterans associations of Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and other countries. The wreath laying ceremony at the cenotaph is directly followed by a service of commemoration and thanksgiving at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzembassy.com/united-kingdom/new-zealanders-overseas/living-in-the-united-kingdom-0|title=Anzac Day 2015 – London|website=New Zealand Embassy|access-date=17 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412042816/http://www.nzembassy.com/united-kingdom/new-zealanders-overseas/living-in-the-united-kingdom-0|archive-date=12 April 2015}}</ref> The dawn service, ceremony at the cenotaph and the service of commemoration and thanksgiving are usually attended by a member of the [[British Royal Family|Royal Family]] representing the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|monarch]], and by the [[High Commissioner|high commissioner]]s of Australia and New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.newzealandtimes.co.uk/news/kiwis-in-the-uk/anzac-day-dawn-service-in-london-a-royal-affair.htm New Zealand Times – 26 April 2012 – ''Anzac Day Dawn Service in London a Royal affair''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109233037/http://www.newzealandtimes.co.uk/news/kiwis-in-the-uk/anzac-day-dawn-service-in-london-a-royal-affair.htm |date=9 January 2014 }}</ref> Anzac Day has been officially observed in London since 1916, when King [[George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] attended the first commemorative service at the abbey.<ref>[http://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship/sermons/2010/april/sermon-given-at-a-service-of-commemoration-and-thanksgiving-to-mark-anzac-day Westminster Abbey – Worship – Sermons – ''Sermon given at a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark Anzac Day: 25th April 2010''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524170531/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship/sermons/2010/april/sermon-given-at-a-service-of-commemoration-and-thanksgiving-to-mark-anzac-day |date=24 May 2013 }}</ref> * In [[Tetbury]], [[Gloucestershire]], England, a March is held on the nearest Sunday to Anzac Day. A march followed by a service is held in [[Leighterton]] Cemetery, which has several war graves of servicemen from Australia and New Zealand. Veterans and cadets from the local [[Air Training Corps|ATC]] squadron attend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://counties.britishlegion.org.uk/media/5269682/anzac-day-2016-report.pdf|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126040421/http://counties.britishlegion.org.uk/media/5269682/anzac-day-2016-report.pdf|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=Anzac Day Service & Parade – Leighterton, Nr Tetbury}}</ref> * In [[Oxford]], [[Oxfordshire]], England, an Anzac Day service is organised by the Oxford University Australia New Zealand Society. In 2015 the service was held at the University Church on 25 April, followed by dinner in [[Somerville College, Oxford|Somerville College]] Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ouanz.uk/anzacday2015/|title=ANZAC Day Centenary Service and Dinner – Oxford University Australia New Zealand Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104504/http://ouanz.uk/anzacday2015/|archive-date=2 April 2015|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref> Representatives of the Australian and New Zealand high commissions attend and Australian, New Zealand, and Turkish students are all involved in the service. * A service of remembrance to commemorate Anzac Day and Gallipoli is held at the [[National Memorial Arboretum]] in [[Alrewas]], Staffordshire. This commences with a service in the chapel followed by wreath laying at the Gallipoli memorial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2016/04/21/national-memorial-arboretum-service-to-mark-anzac-day/|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126041253/https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2016/04/21/national-memorial-arboretum-service-to-mark-anzac-day/|title=National Memorial Arboretum service to mark Anzac Day|website=Lichfield Live|date=21 April 2016}}</ref> ===United States=== * At the [[Los Angeles National Cemetery]], the New Zealand and Australian consulates-general host the service, held at 9 am.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usa.embassy.gov.au/events/anzac-day-commemorative-service-los-angeles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125044846/https://usa.embassy.gov.au/events/anzac-day-commemorative-service-los-angeles|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=25 November 2018|title=ANZAC Day Commemorative Service Los Angeles}}</ref> The largest expatriate community of New Zealanders and Australians were in [[Southern California]] as at 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southern-cross-group.org/archives/Statistics/Numbers_of_Australians_Overseas_in_2001_by_Region_Feb_2002.pdf|title=Estimates of Australian Citizens Living Overseas as at December 2001|date=14 February 2001|publisher=Southern Cross Group ([[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|DFAT]] data)|access-date=15 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720101723/http://www.southern-cross-group.org/archives/Statistics/Numbers_of_Australians_Overseas_in_2001_by_Region_Feb_2002.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2008}}</ref> * In [[San Francisco]], there is an 11 am service at the Log Cabin in the [[Presidio of San Francisco|Presidio]] on the Sunday nearest 25 April. Dignitaries from Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, the United States and the United Kingdom attend. It is followed by a BBQ picnic.<ref name=AAA /> * In [[Santa Barbara, California]], Anzac Day is remembered by the expatriate Australian and New Zealand communities. In the absence of an official World War I remembrance, several dignitaries from many countries including Australia, New Zealand and the US attend an 11.11 am morning service held at the [[Elings Park]] Veteran's Memorial Walk on 25 April of each year.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} * In [[New York City]], a memorial is hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Consuls-General at the [[Vietnam Veterans Plaza]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usa.embassy.gov.au/events/anzac-day-service-new-york|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125051515/https://usa.embassy.gov.au/events/anzac-day-service-new-york|archive-date=25 November 2018|access-date=25 November 2018|title=ANZAC Day Service New York}}</ref> and a commemorative service is held on the nearest Sunday to Anzac Day in the roof garden of the [[British Empire Building]] in [[Rockefeller Center]]; it is an annual tradition that has been held at this locale since 1950. * In [[Washington, D.C.]], Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women observe Anzac Day at a dawn service at the [[Korean War Veterans Memorial]] on 25 April and there is also a [[Washington National Cathedral]] commemorative service.<ref name=AAA>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanaustralian.org/news/239605/Update---April-2015.htm|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125052724/https://www.americanaustralian.org/news/239605/Update---April-2015.htm|archive-date=25 November 2018|title=Newsletter, update April 2015: ANZAC Day events across the United States|author=American Australian Association}}</ref> * In [[Honolulu]] the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] hosts an Anzac Day ceremony at the [[National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific]], known as ''The Punchbowl''.<ref name=AAA /> * In [[Fort Novosel|Fort Novosel (formerly Fort Rucker)]], a dawn service is held on 25 April led by the senior Australian liaison officer at the fort's memorial garden adjacent to the aviation museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rucker.army.mil/pao/armyflier/2013/05/02/Aviators_honor_fallen_soldiers_on_anzac/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125054445/http://www.rucker.army.mil/pao/armyflier/2013/05/02/Aviators_honor_fallen_soldiers_on_anzac/index.html|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=25 November 2018|title=Aviators honor fallen Soldiers on ANZAC Day|first=Sarah|last=Martin|publisher=US Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker}}</ref> * Commemoration services are also held at [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington (Indiana)]], [[Boston]], [[Chicago]], [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Pulaski County, Missouri|Fort Leonard Wood]], [[Houston]], [[Miami]], [[Milwaukee]], [[Minneapolis]], [[San Diego]] and [[Seattle]].<ref name=AAA />
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