Remembrance Day

The citizens of Australia come together every year to observe Remembrance Day.

This event is always celebrated at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month (11th November), to remember the armistice signing on 11th November 1918, which ceased hostilities on the Western Front of World War I.

Remembrance Day, 2024 Date & Time of Melbourne Shrine Service

This event is observed to remember citizens who lost their lives in all past wars and peacekeeping operations by Australians. The event was initially known as Armistice Day in the past, but later on, the event became popularly known as Remembrance Day.

This year, on Remembrance Day, the Shrine of Remembrance marks its 90th birthday. For nine decades, the Shrine has been the home of commemoration and remembrance for the Victorian community. It reminds us of the fragility of peace and the cost of conflict, as well as the fortitude, courage, and generosity of those who serve us all.

Observing this event is to pay homage to all the soldiers who fought for our country. After the memorial program, bands, locals, and soldiers will all come together to remember this significant moment in Australia’s history.

Armistice Day marked the end of the bloodiest war in Australian history. During the war, too many men and women of Australia lost their lives on the battlefields of Europe, the Middle East and Turkey. Thus, this event is observed to remember all those 60,000 dead soldiers and 156,000 wounded during this deadly war.

You can get to the Shrine of Remembrance by walking just 10 minutes from Flinders Street Station up St. Kilda Road or take any St Kilda Road southbound tram except route number 1. Disembark at tram stop 19 or the Domain Road interchange.

If you cannot attend the Melbourne ceremonies, pay your respects by observing a minute of silence at 11am.