Overview
- Australians observed a minute's silence at 11am during services nationwide, with the prime minister, opposition leader and governor-general attending the national ceremony in Canberra.
- Retired RSL national president Major General Greg Melick used the commemorative address to urge a comprehensive grand strategy and sufficient funding for the Australian Defence Force.
- Civic tributes included red poppies projected onto the Sydney Opera House and two-minute traffic stoppages at eleven Melbourne CBD intersections as buglers played the Last Post.
- The Australian War Memorial released a public video on the Victoria Cross and noted its collection of 75 of the 102 VCs awarded to Australians, including nine for actions on Gallipoli.
- RSL Victoria launched a first digital poppy fundraiser for veteran support services, and Princess Anne laid a wreath at Brisbane’s Gallipoli Barracks on the final day of her Australian tour.