*ANZAC Day: Sydney, NSW. '09.

Continuing our coverage across Australia in small country towns and capital cities and throughout the world where people have gathered to commemorate ANZAC Day on 25 April.

FFFAIF members have been reporting from northern Queensland to Victoria and across the world in France, Belgium and England.

FFFAIF member Ray Hudson reports from Sydney’s Cenotaph ( 33°52’3.03″S, 151°12’28.05″E)

The Anzac Day March in Sydney

A record 19,000 people participated in the ANZAC Day march in Sydney from the cenotaph in Martin Place to Hyde Park.

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The Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney

With the passing of all of the Great War veterans, a memorial horse, with boots reversed, leads the Battalion colours.

Trump, the WW1 Memorial Horse

Trump, the WW1 Memorial Horse

Age shall not weary Pat Lee, aged 94, …..

94 year old Pat Lee

94 year old Pat Lee

but for others, who have paved the way for the next generation, they can rely on their supporters….

Helping hands

Helping hands

and the descendants of their Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels have not forgotten either.

A Descendant of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels

A Descendant of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels

The Vietnam Veterans proudly carry on the tradition ….

Vietnam Veterans

Vietnam Veterans and Peacekeepers

 and the Veterans and Peacekeepers pass on the responsibility to the younger generation

The next generation awaits the call

The next generation awaits the call

who willingly carry the memories of the service and sacrifice of the Diggers.

Carrying on the tradition with pride

Carrying on the tradition with pride

We pay tribute to their willingness when duty called,

Tributes

Tributes

 they are not forgoten.

 ... not forgotten

... not forgotten

 We salute their service and sacrifice.

Saluting their service and sacrifice

Saluting their service and sacrifice

Lest we Forget

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