Alongside the dawn service and Anzac Day March in the city, regional centres across South Australia are hosting their own Anzac Day services on Tuesday morning.

Some 108 years on, the traditional dawn stand-to commemorates the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 1915 landing in Gallipoli during WWI and the beginning of an eight-month campaign to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey).

Many services will be accompanied by a ‘gunfire breakfast’, which traditionally includes coffee or tea with rum alongside hot food, like bacon and eggs, to give the troops a boost before going into battle. Check with local councils to see what they have on offer.

In Port Broughton, the RSL and council have been working to create thousands of knitted red, white and purple poppies to decorate the Port Broughton foreshore in remembrance of those who served.

Port Broughton Mayor Leonie Kerley has contributed 500 poppies to the cause herself with the RSL announcing last week they had amassed approximately 2500 poppies.

The Port Broughton Poppy Fields will be on display at the Foreshore Monument for their dawn service.

For those taking Monday off from work for a long weekend, no matter where you are there will still be plenty of chances to pay your respects to those who fought and lost their lives.

2023 Anzac Day services

Adelaide Hills

Mount Barker – 6:00am, Memorial, Mann Street

Murray Bridge – 6:00am, War Memorial, Sturt Reserve

Nairne – 6:15am, Cenotaph, Main Street

Stirling – 6:00am, Library Lawns

Strathalbyn – 6:00am, Soldiers Memorial Garden

Barossa Valley

Mount Pleasant – 6:15am, Memorial Hall, Melrose Street

Nuriootpa – 6:30am RSL, Memorial Avenue

Tanunda – 5:30am, Memorial Gardens

Clare Valley

Clare – 5:45am, War Memorial Gates by Oval, followed by breakfast at Valleys Lifestyle Centre.

Mintaro – 6:30am, War Memorial outside the Mintaro Institute

Copper Coast

Kadina – 6:00am, Memorial Arch

Moonta Bay – 6:30am, War Memorial, Blanche Terrace

Wallaroo – 7:00am, Memorial Arch

Goyder

Burra – 6:30am, Market Square

Eudunda – 6:30am, Eudunda War Memorial

Terowie – 6:15am, Terowie War Memorial

Hallett – 6:45am, Hallett Memorial Gardens

McLaren Vale

McLaren Vale – 6:00am, McLaren Vale Memorial Park, Valley View Road

Willunga – 6:15am, Willunga Behind RSL Clubrooms 6:15am 

Port Broughton

Port Broughton – 6:15am, Foreshore Monument

Port Pirie

Port Pirie – 6:00am, WW1 Memorial Gates, Gertrude Street & Memorial Drive

Eyre Peninsula

Port Lincoln – 6:30am, Eyre Park

Streaky Bay – 6:45am, Jetty Platform

Whyalla – 6:35am, Memorial Gates, Bradford Street

Riverland

Barmera – 6:00am, Garden of Memory, McKenzie Road

Loxton – 6:15am, Cross of Sacrifice

Fleurieu Peninsula

Goolwa – 6:00am, RSL, Cutting Road

Port Elliot – 6:00am, Memorial Gardens, The Strand

Victor Harbor – 5:45am, Cross of Sacrifice, Soldiers Memorial Garden, Flinders Parade

A full list of Anzac Day services across South Australia and the Northern Territory can be found on the RSL South Australia website. Please check local councils for road closures.

If you cannot make it to an early morning service, the Virtual War Memorial Australia allows you to explore Australia’s military history and the stories of the people who have fought for Australia since 1899.

The interactive website offers readers the opportunity to build on the collection and add any information they may have about their own family history.