Lessons in mateship as Australia lurches from one crisis to another
War veteran Tom Newby, 100, stands to attention as families and friends perform a drive-by parade on April 25, 2020 in Perth, Australia.
Sunshine Coast, Australia (CNN)For one minute on Saturday, millions of people in two countries were united by silence. Australians and New Zealanders paused at dawn on April 25 to commemorate the lives lost during war.
For the neighboring nations, Anzac Day is a day of remembrance to mark the first major military mission for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- the Anzacs -- who faced fierce resistance from Ottoman fighters after landing on the Gallipoli peninsula, in Turkey, in 1915.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/27/australia/australia-mateship-anzac-intl-hnk/index.html
Sunshine Coast, Australia (CNN)For one minute on Saturday, millions of people in two countries were united by silence. Australians and New Zealanders paused at dawn on April 25 to commemorate the lives lost during war.
For the neighboring nations, Anzac Day is a day of remembrance to mark the first major military mission for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- the Anzacs -- who faced fierce resistance from Ottoman fighters after landing on the Gallipoli peninsula, in Turkey, in 1915.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/27/australia/australia-mateship-anzac-intl-hnk/index.html
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