ANZAC Day marks 100th anniversary of service on Western Front

Tonga's King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u attended the ANZAC Day Dawn Service today, April 25, at the seafront cenotaph in Nuku'alofa. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the service of Australian and New Zealand forces in the First World War, on the Western Front (France and Belgium) in the Battle of the Somme, with the support of Pacific Island nations, including Tonga.