More than 500 were up early for the Dawn Service, while about 300 turned out for the Commemorative Service at 9am.
Both services were held at the Cenotaph at Kerrabee Soundshell.
Guest speaker was Commodore Colin Dagg, who joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1980 as an adult recruit at the age of 19, training in electronic technical systems.
After active duty in theatres including the Middle East and Timor, and a number of sea postings, Commodore Dagg was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross and appointed Director General Engineering in the Navy.
‘‘Anzac Day is when Australians and New Zealanders pause to remember all the men and women who lost their lives serving our two countries from Anzac Cove through to Afghanistan. We acknowledge them all. And the debt we owe them,’’ he said.
‘‘They all carried Australia on their shoulders through both world wars and then in Korea, Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan and in peacekeeping operations.’’
Commodore Dagg said the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll lists 102,866 defence personnel who had made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
‘‘Of those, 2516 Australian Navy sailors have lost their lives on active service defending Australia’s interests across the globe,’’ he said.
‘‘What is less often remembered is the courage and loss of life of sailors in the Australian merchant fleet who were in harm’s way from the first to the last day of World War II.
‘‘Since then the national memory of these brave men faded and their part in the victory of the Allies has never been fully recognised.’’
Participants then moved to Moama RSL Club to watch a screening of the movie They Shall Not Grow Old before enjoying a game of Two-Up.
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