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Minister for Justice Equality and Defence Mr. Alan Shatter TD will attend
ANZAC Dawn Rememberance Service, 6:30am Wednesday 25 April 2012

The Minister for Justice Equality and Defence will attend the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Dawn Rememberance Service at Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7. The Service commemorates Australian and New Zealand Army Corp personnel who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.

The Rememberance Service is organised by the Australian Embassy in Dublin. Members of the Irish Defence Forces participated in the service.

The Minister will lay a wreath bearing the national colours, on behalf of the Irish people.



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Note for Editors:
ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in order to open the Dardanelles to the allied navies. The Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Turkish defenders. The campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated, and over 8,000 Australian soldiers had been killed. News of the landing on Gallipoli had made a profound impact on Australians at home, and 25 April soon became the day on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in the war. During WW1 of the total Australian Armed Forces 6,500 members were born in Ireland.



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