Today we joined Australian and New Zealand communities all over the world for an ANZAC Day dawn service. Our service was held at the Kranji War Memorial Cemetery, Singapore, hosted by the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners. We weren't alone, we left our hotel at 5.30am, and arrive in a steady convoy of taxis, it's way too early for the trains! We walk in silence. The 4,500 gravestones at Kranji, emerge from the shadows in silent observation of events. Once there, it is a well organised, dignified affair. Public to the left and right, official guests and dignitaries, straight up the middle. The Anzac Day dawn service is the same the world over; a military order, school children and scouts, national anthems, wreath layers from all walks of life and usually a slightly dodgy bugler or bagpipe players, and despite the former, a haunting last post. Followed by an uplifting Gunfire Breakfast. ...
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