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Your complete guide to Anzac Day dawn services around the country

Australians will gather around the country for Anzac Day tomorrow to commemorate all who have served and sacrificed their lives in conflicts that Australia has participated in.
Dawn services, sunset services and marches will be held in every state and territory to mark the day.
Here is a rundown of all the major events set to take place around Australia tomorrow.
The lit-up memorial in Brisbane. Anzac Day 2023.
The lit-up memorial in Brisbane on Anzac Day in 2023. (9News)

Sydney

Sydney's main dawn service will be held at the Cenotaph in Martin Place at 4.20am.
The Sydney CBD march will begin at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Martin Place at 9am and will finish at Liverpool Street at about 12.30pm.
Following the march, a commemoration service will take place next to the Pool of Remembrance at the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park South at 12.30pm.
The day will conclude with a short sunset service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place at 5pm.

Melbourne

Melbourne's largest dawn service will start at 5.30am at the Shrine of Remembrance.
It will be followed by the Anzac Day commemoration march from 8.30am.
The march can be viewed from Swanston Street near Fed Square right down St Kilda Road to the Shrine of Remembrance.

Brisbane

Brisbane will hold its traditional dawn service at Brisbane City's Shrine of Remembrance in Anzac Square, located between Ann and Adelaide Streets.
The service will start at 4.28am, however it is recommended people arrive by 3.30am.
Later in the morning, the march will be held from 9.45am to 12.30pm on Adelaide Street, between George Street and Creek Street.
A Navy seaman plays The Last Post at The Cenotaph in Sydney on Anzac Day in 2023.
A Navy seaman plays The Last Post at The Cenotaph in Sydney. (9News)

Darwin

A dawn service will be held at the Darwin Cenotaph in Bicentennial Park on the Esplanade from 6am.
The public is asked to be at the Cenotaph at 5.30am.
The Anzac Day march will begin at 9am at the Esplanade and move along Knuckey Street.

Perth

The main dawn service will be held at the State War Memorial in Kings Park at 5.30am.
This will be followed by a gunfire breakfast at Government House Gardens on St Georges Terrace from 7am to 9am, before the march starts at St Georges Terrace from 9am to 11am.
There will also be a family and mateship event from 10am to 4pm at Langley Park, and an all-abilities service at the Flame of Remembrance in Kings Park from 4.45pm to 5.40pm.
Scenes at Anzac Day services.
Crowds gather at home and abroad at Anzac Day services

Hobart

Hobart's dawn service will be held at 6am at the Hobart Cenotaph in Queens Domain.
The main march will start at 11am on Elizabeth Street and the main service will take place at the Cenotaph in Queens Domain at 11.45am.

Adelaide

The main Anzac Day dawn service will be held at 6am at the South Australian National War Memorial at North Terrace.
The Anzac Day march will begin at 9.30am from the corner of North Terrace and Gawler Place.

Canberra 

The dawn service at the Australian War Memorial will begin at 5.30am at the sculpture garden and western grounds.
This will be followed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans and Services Association commemorative ceremony at 7am at the For Our Country sculptural pavilion.
The RSL Act Veterans' March will begin at 9.30am at the Australian War Memorial Parade Ground.

Smaller services

Local branches of the Returned & Services League of Australia usually also host their own services.
Information about them can be found on their websites and social media pages.
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