For the 45,000 expected at the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance, take along wet weather gear.
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting rain in the early morning hours accompanied by a cold southwesterly to southerly wind for the marking of the the 97th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing.
Shrine chief executive Denis Bagley says more young people have been attending Anzac Day services in recent years.
He said losses in Afghanistan and Iraq made young people more aware of the devastating impact the many thousands killed in both World Wars and Korea had on Australian communities.
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu said his grandfather served at Gallipoli and died in the Western Front when his mother was two years old.
“The ricochets of war run through the generations – we should never forget that,” he told reporters.
Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews has been attending the Dawn Service with his family for the past decade.
“What I’m amazed at and what really fills me with such pride is to look our across the Shrine and see an ever-increasing number of people at the Dawn Service, particularly young people,” he said.
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