National Remembrance Day service celebrates 106 years since the signing of The Armistice

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Australian’s have paused for a minute of silence to acknowledge, honour and remember those who have died while serving in conflicts and peace-keeping operations.

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00:00This was the first National Remembrance Day service to be held at the newly redeveloped

00:06Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

00:09Members of the three armed services making use of the new parade ground at the start

00:12of the service.

00:14Shortly after, the Governor-General, Her Excellency Miss Sam Mostyn, was welcomed to the proceedings,

00:19her first Remembrance Day in the post.

00:21The catafalque party of the Federation Guard completed their ceremonial march to stand

00:25at the four corners of the Zone of Remembrance.

00:28The last post was played, immediately followed by the minute's silence at the stroke of 11

00:32o'clock.

00:33The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, attended the service, as did the Chief of Defence,

00:37Admiral David Johnston, senior members of the Defence Forces, and several hundred veterans,

00:41their families and members of the public.

00:43Giving the commemorative address, the Governor-General paid tribute to Australia's armed forces.

00:48The Governor-General laid a wreath at the Stone of Remembrance, local schoolchildren

00:52laid poppies.

00:53Originally known as Armistice Day, to mark the laying down of arms in 1918, the first

00:58commemoration was in 1919 and was observed across Australia.

01:02400,000 Australians enlisted for service in the First World War, 60,000 gave their lives.

01:07The Australian War Memorial opened on Remembrance Day in 1941, as the Second World War raged.

01:13The Governor-General of the day, Lord Gowery, sang in his remarks that Australia should

01:17never again go to war.

01:19In the months since my swearing in as your Governor-General, and as Commander-in-Chief

01:23of the Australian Defence Force, I have experienced many times of reflection on what service really

01:30means, and the ways in which we commemorate.

01:34I have had the great privilege of encountering the people and places of the ADF across Australia.

01:40At Holeswelly Barracks, RAF Base Tyndall, Fleet Base East, on HMAS Adelaide, with the

01:476th Aviation Regiment, the 2nd Commando Regiment, the cadets at the Royal Military College here

01:52at Duntroon, and the women and men who work alongside me every day.

01:58On land, at sea and in the sky, in theatres of war and in zones for peacekeeping, in protecting

02:05our borders and working in support of the safety and progress of our nation and our

02:09region, the Australian Defence Force is a modern force, upholding the greatest of Australian

02:16values, continuing the legacy of the service of generations past, and demonstrating the

02:22very best of our nation.

02:25Today marks 106 years since the end of the First World War.

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