Outrage as Lone Pine ceremony at Gallipoli axed

By Julie Power
Updated February 13 2016 - 11:08pm, first published 10:46pm
A photograph taken in 1919 showing the short distance between trenches at Lone Pine. Photo: Australian War Memorial publication, Gallipoli Revisited
A photograph taken in 1919 showing the short distance between trenches at Lone Pine. Photo: Australian War Memorial publication, Gallipoli Revisited
An old photo of Lone Pine before it was shattered by shell fire. Photo: Supplied
An old photo of Lone Pine before it was shattered by shell fire. Photo: Supplied

The axing of future Anzac Day ceremonies at Lone Pine in Gallipoli was "sacrilege" to veterans, deeply disappointing to war widows, and a move which Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said would outrage all Australians.

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