Fremantle is a unique location to honour Anzac Day as it was the last Australian experience many soldiers and sailors had before departing the shores to join the war effort overseas.
5.50am – 6.45am | DAWN SERVICE
Fremantle War Memorial in Monument Hill Park, cnr High Street and Bateman Street, Fremantle
Anzac Day will commence with a traditional silent Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Fremantle War Memorial, home to the plaques honouring the 849 Fremantle servicemen and women who failed to return from WW1.
9.30am-11.30am | MAKE YOUR MARK IN OUR POPPY INSTALLATION
Walyalup Koort, Fremantle
Imagine a sea of poppies, sprawling across the grass slope of Walyalup Koort! See a unique display of spinning poppies, created by artist Michael Alvares, and take part in the workshops, to paint your own poppy and add it to the display.
9am – 9.30am | NORTH FREMANTLE COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Fallen Soldiers Memorial, cnr Queen Victoria Street and Harvest Road, North Fremantle
Following the Dawn Service, the Fallen Soldier War Memorial in North Fremantle will hold a community service. Gather around Fremantle's first war memorial for the service hosted by the Bicton/Palmyra RSL Sub-Branch.
10.15 am – 10.45 am | ANZAC MARCH
The morning commemorations will conclude with the traditional Anzac Day March through the streets of Fremantle finishing at Walyalup Koort. The march will travel along the Cappuccino strip, turn down Henderson St Mall and head down William St before falling out at Walyalup Koort.
Learn more about what Anzac Day means to Fremantle and find more ways to pay your respects this year.
The Fremantle Dawn Service is coordinated by the City of Fremantle in conjunction with the Fremantle Memorial Wardens at Monument Hill War Memorial
More Anzac Day events in Fremantle
- Anzac Day at the Navy Club
- Anzac Day at the Army Museum of WA
- Anzac Services at Wadjemup / Rottnest Island
