SA Anzac Day dawn services
More than 120 Anzac Day services will be held across South Australia on Tuesday morning. Read the list.
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
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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
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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.
