Australia envoy joins Anzac Day ceremony in France

Australia's ambassador on Sunday attended an Anzac Day memorial in Villers-Bretonneux in northern France.

The ceremony at the Australian National Memorial marked the 106th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign of World War I.

On 25 April, 1915, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and other Allied troops waded ashore on the peninsula.

Their aim was to take control of the peninsula in order to weaken the Ottoman Empire.

The landings marked the start of a fierce battle that lasted for eight months and left around 44,000 Allied troops and 86,000 Ottoman soldiers dead.

Sunday's sombre memorial was kept small due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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