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"FINE weather and a mild morning are set to boost record crowds expected at tomorrow&rsquo;s Anzac Day dawn service at Kings Park in Perth. The commemorative service in the WA capital is the biggest of its kind in the world and its popularity has become a juggernaut, according to organisers the Returned and Services Leagues Club. Police are predicting a similar or higher turnout to Anzac Day last year when a record 50,000 families and young people joined war veterans and their relatives for the pre-dawn pilgrimage at Kings Park, up from a crowd of 38,000 in 2012. ■ How do you celebrate Anzac Day? Share your pictures with us: readerpics@perthnow.com.au #myAnzacDay Giant screens have been erected along Fraser Avenue so crowds can see the wreaths being laid. The service is now so popular the RSL scheduled extra wreath-laying sunset services every evening this week in Kings Park. The weather bureau said tomorrow should be partly cloudy with a mild low of 16C. The day of remembrance, gratitude and national pride starts with archival footage played on large screens from 4.30am. Lights will be turned off at 5.50am and at 6am the dawn service will begin at the State War Memorial. ■ FULL COVERAGE: Anzac Centenary A Royal Australia Air Force flyover is scheduled for 6.20am before Captain Angela Bond, the commanding officer of HMAS Stirling, delivers the dawn service address. The early-morning commemoration will be followed by the Anzac Day Parade from 9.30am through Perth City from St Georges Terrace to Barrack Street, Riverside Drive and into the Supreme Court Gardens for the a memorial service. Fraser Avenue and Wadjuk Way will be closed until 9am tomorrow and vehicle access to Kings Park is available via Saw Avenue or Poole Avenue, but patrons are urged to use public transport if possible. The Kings Park Kiosk and Botanical Cafe will open at 4am tomorrow. Those who can&rsquo;t make it to Kings Park can watch the dawn service live on Channel Nine for the first time. Meanwhile, dawn services will be held in Fremantle and across Perth as well as in most country towns around the state, including Albany where a ceremony will be held atop Mount Clarence. This year marks the 99th anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in Turkey. The service will conclude when the Ode is read and the Last Post played while the sun rises. Younger post-Vietnam military veterans will be brought toward the front of this year&rsquo;s parade, said RSL state president Graham Edwards. Mr Edwards attributed the growing popularity to the emphasis placed on Anzac Day by schools and the fact that next year marks 100 years since the Gallipoli campaign. &ldquo;Our students now spend more time studying Anzac and its history and its heritage,&rdquo; he said. Curtin University expert Graham Seal said WA suffered disproportionately high losses in World War I and at Gallipoli, meaning it was close to the hearts of many West Australians. From November this year, the Anzac Centenary will begin, marking 100 years since WWI. Commemorations across the country begin in Albany, where the first convoy of the Australian Imperial Force departed bound for the Great War in November 1914."
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