The Somme - Normandie, Northern France
May 6th 2018 Wednesday, 25 April – ANZAC Day Centenary Dawn Service, Villers-Brettoneaux
1am is a horrible time to get up, but it was a necessary evil to make the dawn service. It was the big Centenary celebration – the 2nd biggest Aussie pilgrimage behind Gallipoli – and we’d been told that security would be tight and that if we aren’t in and seated by 4.45am, we would miss out. By 1.20am
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