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Your guide to the 2024 Anzac Day Services in SA

Here is your 2024 guide to Adelaide’s Anzac Day services, find the event closest and suited to you.

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Anzac Day is held annually on April 25, with services held in both metropolitan and rural areas. Remember to take some time out to remember our fallen soldiers and say thank you to our current soldiers who continue to fight for, and protect the beautiful country that we call Australia.

From dawn services, the march, and remembrance services on the day. This is your 2024 guide on what is happening near you and to help you fit the day into your busy schedule.

Also, your guide to what’s on and open here.

DAWN SERVICES

The dawn service is the biggest tradition in Australia when it comes to Anzac Day, and per tradition, the main Dawn Service will be held at the SA National War Memorial at 6:00 am. This is located on the corner of Kintore Avenue and North Terrace and is open to the public. There is also a whole host of other services around South Australia. 

But there are heaps more happening around SA:

  • Adelaide, South Australian National War Memorial, North Terrace, 6:00am
  • Adelaide, Light Horse Memorial, Cnr North & East Tces, 8:00am
  • Adelaide, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander War Memorial, Torrens Parade Ground, 8:00am
  • Adelaide, Cross of Sacrifice, after the ANZAC March concludes
  • Aldinga, War Memorial, 6:30am
  • Alice Springs, Anzac Memorial, Garden Cemetery, Norris Bell Ave, 6:00am
  • Alice Springs, Anzac Hill, 10:30am
  • Blanchetown, RSL Hall, cnr Edgerton and Merivale Streets, 6:00am
  • Brighton, Arch of Remembrance, Brighton Jetty, 6:00am
  • Cowell, Cenotaph, Foreshore, 7:00am
  • Cradock, Memorial, RM Williams Way, 6:30am
  • Crystal Brook, Adelaide Square, 6:15am
  • Cummins, Garden of Remembrance, Tumby Bay Rd, 6:30am
  • Darwin, Cenotaph, 6:00am
  • Echunga, Remembrance Gardens, 6:30am
  • Edwardstown, Memorial Garden, Raglan Ave, 6:00am
  • Forest Range, WW1 Memorial, 1430 Lobethal Road, 10:00am
  • Gawler, Pioneer Park, 6:00am
  • Glenelg, Memorial, Moseley Square, 6:00am
  • Goolwa, RSL, Cutting Rd, 5:45am
  • Gumeracha, Oval, Albert St, 6:30am
  • Gumeracha, Memorial Arch, Shannon St, 10:45am
  • Hallett Cove, Memorial, Herron Way Reserve, 6:00am
  • Hawthorn, Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens, 154 Belair Rd, 6:00am
  • Henley Beach, Soldiers Memorial, 378 Seaview Road, 6:30am
  • Hilton, Memorial Gardens, Brooker Terrace, 6:00am
  • Houghton, Village Square, 6:00am
  • Jamestown, Memorial Park, Irvine St, 6:15am
  • Kangarilla, War Memorial, Kangarilla Recreation Ground, 6:30am
  • Kapunda, Cenotaph, 6:30am
  • Katherine, Cnr Victoria Highway & Railway Terrace, 6:00am
  • Kensington Park, RSL, 346 The Parade, 6:30am
  • Kilburn, RSL, 2 Way St, 6:30am
  • Largs North, RSL, Carnarvon Terrace, 6:45am
  • Linden Park, RAR Association, 13 Beatty Street, 6:20am
  • Lobethal, Cenotaph, 6:00am
  • Marion, RSL, Norfolk Road, 6:15am
  • McLaren Vale, Memorial Park, Valley View Drive, 5:45am
  • Meadows, Memorial Gardens, Mawson Road, 6:30am
  • Millicent, Cross of Sacrifice, 6:00am
  • Morphett Vale, Memorial Gardens, Cnr Main South & Flaxmill Roads, 5:45am
  • Mount Barker, Memorial, Mann Street, 6:00am
  • Mount Compass, War Memorial Community Centre, Peters Tce, 6:00am
  • Mount Gambier, Vansittart Park War Memorial, 6:10am, 9:00am, and 10:30am
  • Murray Bridge, Sturt Reserve, 5:45am
  • Mylor, War Memorial, Strathalbyn Road, 6:30am
  • Nairne, Cenotaph, Main St, 6:15am
  • Northfield, RSL, Peter Brown Dr, 6:00am
  • Norton Summit, War Memorial, 6:30am
  • Norwood, War Memorial, cnr Osmond Tce and The Parade, 6:20am
  • Nuriootpa, RSL, Memorial Ave, following the 6am march
  • Oakbank, Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, 210 Onkaparinga Valley Rd, 6:15am
  • Penola, Soldiers Memorial Park, 7:30am
  • Plympton Park, RSL, 464 Marion Road, 6:00am
  • Port Adelaide, Naval Association Clubrooms, Quebec Street, 6:00am
  • Port Elliot, Memorial Gardens, The Strand, 6:00am
  • Port Pirie, WW1 Memorial Gates, Gertrude St & Memorial Dr, 6:00am and 11:00am
  • Port Victoria, Median strip, Main Road, 6:00am
  • Prospect, Memorial, Menzies Cres, 6:00am
  • Richmond, TPI House, 171 Richmond Road, 6:30am
  • Robe, War Memorial, 6:30am
  • Robertstown, 9 Commercial St, 9:00am
  • Rose Park, Memorial, cnr Prescott Tce & Alexander Ave, 6:15am
  • Rudall, Football Oval, 2:00pm
  • Salisbury, Memorial, Orange Avenue, 6:00am
  • Seaton, RSL, 257 Tapleys Hill Road, 6:30am
  • Second Valley, War Memorial, Finniss Vale Dr, 6:15am
  • Semaphore, Memorial, Foreshore, 6:00am
  • Stirling, Library Lawn, Mt Barker Rd, 6:00am
  • Streaky Bay, Jetty Platform, 6:45am and RSL, Montgomerie Tce, 10:45am
  • Tanunda, Garden of Remembrance, Murray Street, 6:15am and Soldiers Memorial Hall, 11:00am
  • Tea Tree Gully, Memorial Gardens, North East Road, 6:10am
  • Tooperang, War Memorial Hall, 6:00am
  • Tranmere, The Gums, Shakespeare Avenue, 6:30am
  • Two Wells, War Memorial, Old Port Wakefield Rd, 6:15am
  • Unley, Memorial Gardens, 5:45am
  • Victor Harbor, Cross of Sacrifice, Flinders Parade, 5:45am
  • Waikerie, Memorial Gardens, Lawrie Terrace, 8:00am
  • Walkerville, Memorial Gardens, Church Tce, 6:15am
  • Wasleys, Institute, 9:00am
  • West Croydon, RSL, Rosetta St, 6:15am
  • Whyalla, Memorial Gates, Bradford St, 6:45am and 10:45am
  • Willunga, Recreation Park, Main Road, behind RSL, 6:15am
  • Yorketown, Melville War Memorial, Stansbury Road, 6:30am

ANZAC DAY MARCH

The Anzac Day March will commence at 9:30 am from the corner of North Terrace and Gawler Place. The march will then make its way to its destination at the Cross of Sacrifice in Pennington Gardens, North Adelaide. Spectators are invited to line both North Terrace and King William Street to watch those participating in the march. 

CROSS OF SACRIFICE REMEMBRANCE SERVICE

Immediately after the Anzac Day March, there will be a service in Pennington Gardens, North Adelaide. This part of the day’s commemorations is the significant finale, the March represents the walk to the grave and the service at the Cross of Sacrifice represents the burial. 

The Cross of Sacrifice Memorial stands in gardens opposite St Peters Cathedral and commemorates the men and women who died during the Great War 1914 – 1919. An Ataturk Tribute and Eternal Flame also feature in the garden.

The general public is welcome to attend this service. 

RAAF FLY PAST

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft will conduct flypasts around Australia in support of Anzac Day commemorations.

The timings for these haven’t been released yet – check back soon!

For more information head to the RSL website here.

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