The applause from the crowd was non-stop for Perth's Anzac Day parade marchers, while the veterans enjoyed the chance to reunite and catch up.
The loudest clapping during the one-and-a-half hour event was reserved for the older diggers who rode in jeeps, one bearing the sign "atomic survivors".
"Wow," one young boy said.
"I like the men in the cars most and also those men who had the guns."
Anne McCormack, whose husband served with the SAS, said she liked the nurses best.
"They're the ones who get forgotten," she said.
For her husband, the day was mainly about catching up with his old mates.
"They have a beer - just the one - and have a good catch up," she said.
"It's very moving in the morning and this is the time when it's just a bit more light-hearted."
HMAS Stirling warrant officer Scott Campbell said the rest of the day would be spent having a family lunch then watching the football.
But it was not a day to drink excessively, he said.
"There's a change in culture. It's no longer seen as respectful to use the day as an excuse to drink too much."
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