King Charles III has paid a special tribute to Australian and New Zealand forces who fell during the Gallipoli landings in 1915 as dawn broke today on Anzac Day.
Services took place across the two nations today, marking the 110th anniversary of the ill-fated assault on the peninsula in north-west Turkey during the First World War.
In a message on social media (pictured, below), King Charles, who attended the dawn service in Gallipoli on Anzac Day in 2005 and 2015, said he wanted to pay a special tribute to Australian and New Zealand veterans, and those who are on active service today.
“Through the generations, you have continued to enact the indomitable spirit of Anzac – forged in terrible conflict and preserved in peace – of courage, mateship and sacrifice,” he wrote.
Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese also released a statement to mark the sombre anniversary.
“It is now a century and a decade since the first Anzacs climbed into their boats and rowed into history,” said the PM.
“The years come and go, and still we come together to honour them and all who have followed.
“As we gather around cenotaphs or watch the parades, we reflect on all who have served in our name and all who serve now.
“We contemplate the debt we owe them – those who finally came home, their hearts reshaped by all they had seen, and those who tragically never did.
“And together we say the simplest but most powerful of sentences: Lest we forget.”
