Gallipoli centenary: Prime Minister in London to mark Anzac Day

Australia and New Zealand today remember the more than 11,400 soldiers who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War One. In London, the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh – who is patron of the Gallipoli Association – and Prince William were joined by senior government and military figures to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was also present.

At the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula, more than 10,000 Australians and New Zealenders stood together at the formal ceremony honouring the Anzac troops who fought and fell in Turkey a century ago.

To mark the 100th anniversary of Australian and New Zealand soldiers landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, thousands of pilgrims and dignitaries as well as hosts Turkey, Britain and other countries gathered at Anzac Cove on Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, his New Zealand counterpart, John Key, Prince Charles and Prince Harry were among those in attendance. In Australia an estimated 120,000 people lined the mall in front of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra for an Anzac Day dawn service that reflected on the “awful cost” of armed conflict.