Australians celebrate Remembrance Day on 11th November every year in honour of the 62,000 citizens of Australia who died fighting in World War I. It is also an occasion to honour soldiers who have died in wars since then.
In the morning, the crowds gather at war memorials across the country. People sing songs and read poems. Then, just before 11 am, a musician plays The Last Post on a bugle. This slow, sad tune signals the beginning of a two-minute silence. Eleven o'clock marks the end of the First World War on the morning of the 11th November, 1918.
Then the bugler plays the Rouse. This is the tune which wakes soldiers up in the mornings and, as part of the Remembrance Service, is a sign of hope and of a new beginning.
On this occasion many people wear red paper poppies pinned to their clothes. The poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day because these flowers grew in such huge numbers on the battlefields in France during World War I.
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