Islanders with “Down Under” connections will gather in St Helier at sunrise on Saturday for the annual service of remembrance for nationals from Australia and New Zealand who served in the two World Wars and other conflicts.
Commemorations will be held as usual around the world on 25 April, marking the anniversary of the initial landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey in 1915.
The service at the Cenotaph in St Helier, which starts at 6am, will be joined by the Bailiff, Robert MacRae, and the Dean of Jersey, the Very Rev Mike Keirle.
All Islanders, regardless of their connection with Australia or New Zealand, are invited to assemble from 5.45am at the Cenotaph, and to attend a free breakfast gathering in the Town Hall after the service.
This year’s event marks the tenth anniversary of the first official service in Jersey in 2016.