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Centenary of ANZAC: Albany Commemoration

ABC airs a 3 hour live broadcast from Albany, WA, from where 100 years ago the first Australian & NZ troops left to fight in WW1.

2014-10-28_2239On Saturday ABC airs a three hour live broadcast from Albany, Western Australia, from where 100 years ago to the day, the first Australian and New Zealand troops left to fight in WW1. It was the largest armada ever assembled in Australia.

On November 1st 1914, 36 ships carrying troops from across Australia and New Zealand left Prince George Sound escorted by the Australian cruisers Sydney and Melbourne and the British cruiser Minotaur. Albany became the last place in Australia they saw before crossing the Indian Ocean. These troops went to Gallipoli and onto the Western Front and are the original ANZACs. Many did not return…

A troop march and commemorative service are the centrepieces of events in Albany to mark this historic occasion, and ABC and News24 will cover both events live* from Albany on November 1 from 12:00 midday AEDT.

The highest level of Government from New Zealand and Australia will attend.

Centenary of ANZAC: Albany Commemoration
Saturday, November 1 – ABC and ABC News 24

NSW / VIC / TAS

12:00-1:00pm (AEDT) Troop March and VIP Salute (York St, Albany)
1:00-2:00pm (AEDT) News special from Albany
2:00-3:00pm (AEDT) Commemorative Service (Anzac Peace Park)

QLD

11:00-12:00pm (AEST) Troop March and VIP Salute (York St, Albany)
12:00-1:00pm (AEST) News special from Albany
1:00-2:00pm (AEST) Commemorative Service (Anzac Peace Park)

SA

11:30-12:30pm (ACDT) Troop March and VIP Salute (York St, Albany)
12:30-1:30pm (ACDT) News special from Albany
1:30-2:30pm (ACDT) Commemorative Service (Anzac Peace Park)

NT

10:30-11:30am (ACST) Troop March and VIP Salute (York St, Albany)
11:30-12:30pm (ACST) News special from Albany
12:30-1:30pm (ACST) Commemorative Service (Anzac Peace Park)

WA

9:00-10:00am (AWST) Troop March and VIP Salute (York St, Albany)
10:00-11:00am (AWST) News special from Albany
11:00-12:00pm (AWST) Commemorative Service (Anzac Peace Park)

Also available Live online on ABC iview.

ABC.

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