VIC: Thousands gather for dawn service in Melbourne

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2009
VIC: Thousands gather for dawn service in Melbourne

Unfavourable weather forecasts have failed to stop thousands of people from gathering
at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance for the Anzac Day dawn service.

The service marks the 94th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.

People of all ages have quietly gathered in the darkness at the base of the shrine.

There are young families, groups of teenagers amd diggers proudly wearing their medals
waiting for the service to begin.

More than 35 thousand people are expected to attend the service.

AAP RTV ao/rt

KEYWORD: ANZAC DAWN VIC (MELBOURNE)

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