Anzac Day 2020

ANZAC DAY 2020: CHECK OUT THE ADELAIDE ANZAC DAY SERVICE

Last year, thousands were brought to North Terrace to commemorate the fallen ANZAC, but this morning a few police officers, a traffic conductor and a few other souls gathered at the site. military memorial at North Terrace.

It is quiet, sound only from small cars and street molds.

The North terrace and King William Street are also banned from the North Terrace intersation.

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Anzac Day 2020: Watch a replay the Adelaide Anzac Day service

They came in their thousands last year, but this year, amid the unprecedented challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, Anzac Day was marked in Adelaide in a quiet, reflective service with just a handful of defence force personnel and other dignitaries in attendance.

The hubbub of large crowds was replaced this year with only the sound of a few crickets, the noise of a few cars, stweet sweepers and then, the song of trumpets.

Police, traffic management workers, and about a dozen others, including the SA Governor Hieu Van Le and Premier Steven Marshall, gathered at the war memorial on North Terrace for the 6am service.

Prisoners of War were remembered in the service, with the Ode to be recited by the son of an Adelaide hero who was posthumously awarded the George Cross.

North Terrace was blocked at the King William St intersection to reopen at 7am.

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Anzac Day • Australian and New Zealand Army Corps • Adelaide • South Australia