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Members of Jersey's Australian and New Zealand communities are once again due to gather at the Cenotaph to honour Anzac Day.
The commemoration, which has previously drawn crowds of over 100 people, takes place at 05:30 on 25 April to honour citizens from the two countries who served in the two world wars and subsequent conflicts.
Lieutenant-Governor, Vice-Admiral Jerry Kyd, the Bailiff, and Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham will attend the service to lay wreaths. Representatives from the Australian and New Zealand High Commissions on behalf of the Australian Defence Force and New Zealand Defence Force will also participate in the wreath-laying.
Constable of St Helier Simon Crowcroft and the Dean Mike Keirle will speak.
It will be the ninth year that the service has been delivered.
Islanders are invited to join the Australian and New Zealand communities, and a free breakfast will be served in the Assembly Room at the Town Hall after the service.
Anzac – which stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps – Day marks the date when soldiers from both countries first landed on Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula in 1916 – the first time that both armed forces had fought under their own flag and command.
Pictured top: Last year's dawn ceremony. (Photograph courtesy of the Bailiff's Chambers)
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