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ANZAC Leaders pay tribute to WW1 troops

Author
Felix Marwick,
Publish Date
Sat, 1 Nov 2014, 6:36PM
ANZAC Leaders have paid their tributes to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War (Getty Images)
ANZAC Leaders have paid their tributes to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War (Getty Images)

ANZAC Leaders pay tribute to WW1 troops

Author
Felix Marwick,
Publish Date
Sat, 1 Nov 2014, 6:36PM

Updated 7:47pm: Navy ships from New Zealand, Australia and Japan have passed through Albany's Ataturk Channel to commemorate the first Anzac convoy in World War I.

A century ago, almost 30,000 soldiers set sail from King George Sound on Western Australia's southern coast, and today, the centenary commemorations culminated in the re-creation of that historic event.

New Zealand's HMNZS Te Kaha and JDS Kirisame from Japan joined Australia's HMAS Anzac, Arunta, Stuart, Sirius and the submarine Rankin for the sail-past.

ANZAC leaders pay tribute to WW1 troops

ANZAC Leaders have paid their tributes to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War.

Both our Prime Minister and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott have paid their respects at a special centenary commemoration of the first troop convoy sent from Western Australia to the Great War.

Mr Abbott's described the sacrifice made by the ANZAC's as stupendous.

"We remember them all.

"They're all gone now.

"Gone but never forgotten."

John Key's acknowledged not only their service, but also that of those currently in the Armed Forces and the challenges they face.

"From the brutality of ISIL and it's violent, extremist ideology to the spread of Ebola."

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