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April 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Courage. Tenacity. Heroism. These are the words used to describe the Anzac spirit at the Perth dawn service.
More than 40,000 people attended the Kings Park State War Memorial to pay their respects to Australia’s armed service personnel.
In his address, Brigadier Steve Coggin said Anzac Day was about honouring the strength and resilience of Australia’s service people and no Australian was left untouched when a member of the defence force was killed.
“Anzac Day is a time when we remember the original Anzacs, who on April 25, 1915, by their sacrifice, commitment, endurance, courage and mateship, set standards that would provide inspiration to their countrymen for generations to come,” he said.
“It’s a time when we remember those who came after them – men and women who served their nation, inspired by that spirit of the original Anzacs – some paying the ultimate price.”
Brigadier Coggin said the dawn service was not about glorifying war, but about remembering and honouring the Anzac spirit.
“Gallipoli gave us pride, not in war, but in the knowledge that Australians and New Zealanders, when put to the test, would not fail.
“More than 3300 soldiers, sailors, airmen and women are currently deployed on operations continuing the Anzac spirit while serving Australia’s national interests,” Brigadier Coggin said.
Dignitaries at the service included Governor Malcolm McCusker, Senator Chris Evans representing the prime minister, Premier Colin Barnett and Opposition Leader Mark McGowan.
At Albany, in WA’s southwest, as the wreaths were laid at the foot of the Anzac Day memorial on Mount Clarence, a flock of magpies flew overhead and settled on the bronze Desert Mounted Corp sculpture.
In the biting cold wind whipping around the memorial overlooking King George Sound, the bird’s warbling warmed the hearts of those remembering the sacrifices of those who died.
Albany has a special place in Anzac lore as not only the place where the first Australian and New Zealand servicemen sailed for Gallipoli on November 1, 1914, but where the nation’s first official dawn service took place on April 25, 1930.
The city is preparing for centenary celebrations in 2014 – when the expeditionary forces departed – and 2015 – when they landed in Turkey, with many thousands of pilgrims expected to attend.
As for the magpies, they’ll be back, according to local radio personality and master of ceremonies Ken Ewers-Verge.
“They fly in every Anzac Day,” he told AAP.
“They’re part of our tradition.”
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