on Monday, Australians and New Zealanders gathered in Jakarta and throughout Indonesia for Anzac Day to commemorate those who served and died in all wars, conflicts and for peacekeeping operations.
current military and other Australians who attended dawn services across the country remembered those who had been killed defending Java and Sumatra during the Japanese advance in 1942.
"It is a sad fact of history that in too many years, you can find an action or battle which cost the military and women and their families greatly," Australian Ambassador Paul Grigson said as he attended a dawn service in Jakarta.
On this 100 e anniversary of Anzac Day, the gathering remembered those who died in Indonesia during the Second World War, where soldiers were jailed for years .
Among those remembered at the ceremony were 65 military nurses who were evacuated to Singapore when their ship was bombed and destroyed in 1942. Twelve nurses were lost at sea while 21 others were executed by the Japanese on the island of Bangka, Sumatra.
The remainder was held captive for 3.5 years, with only 24 back home in Australia after the war.
In Australia, thousands of people joined Anzac Day commemorations in areas like Queensland, Gold Coast, New South Wales, Western and South Australia.