More than 1,000 people - one of the biggest-ever crowds seen in recent years, packed Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby today for an emotional and moving ANZAC Day Dawn Service.
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| Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers at the Dawn Service |
There were prayers, Bible radings, poem reading, ANZAC Day addres by the New Zealand High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, wreath-laying, Ode, Last Post, Two Minutes Silence, Lament, and the National Anthems of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand.
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| Australian school students among those present at Bomana today |
Port Moresby Returned Services League Port Moresby sub-branch president, Mick Pye, estimated a crowd of 11,000 people, many of them trekkers of the Kokoda Trail.
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| Rest In Peace |
"The occasion was very good," he said.
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| Magical sunrise over Bomana |
"It's a fantastic event that happens once a year and brings the bonds between Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea even closer."
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| Picture-perfect settings at Bomana War Cemetery |
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