AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2004
Fed: Thousands attend national Anzac ceremony
CANBERRA, April 25 AAP - Thousands of people have turned out at the Australian War
Memorial in Canberra for the national Anzac Day ceremony.
Governor-General Michael Jeffery, deputy Prime Minister John Anderson and New Zealand
High Commissioner Kate Lackey are the guests of honour at the ceremony.
They were met by a royal guard of honour from the Australian Federation Guard.
Major-General Jeffery is receiving the salute from veterans who have marched up Anzac Parade.
Some of those in the march include Australians who took part in the D-Day landings
at Normandy during World War II.
AAP sw/cdh/br
KEYWORD: ANZAC SERVICE ACT
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