Anzac dawn service: A store of memories, both proud and pitiful

By Julie Power
Updated April 24 2017 - 12:18am, first published 12:15am

The first dawn Anzac Day service in Sydney's Martin Place happened by accident in 1927 when diggers "wending their way home" in the early hours saw an elderly woman placing flowers. It was very near the recruiting booth where many of the 60,000 men who died in World War 1 were enlisted.

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