The annual ceremony grew out of unofficial, grass-roots services in grieving towns around Australia. By 1927, all states observed a public holiday on Anzac Day but the day itself would continue to grow, change, and provoke debate.

Jeremy Fernandez looks at the history of a day that has grown to commemorate the veterans of all wars and peace missions.

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