The roles of servicewomen past and present were in the spotlight during Adelaide's Anzac Day commemorations on Wednesday morning.
The city streets fell silent before sunrise as thousands gathered at the South Australian War Memorial to pay their respects.
Ian Smith, chair of the RSL SA's Anzac Day committee, said this time the RSL wanted to highlight the contributions of servicewomen.
Women were restricted to nursing roles before World War II, when all three services introduced women's branches.
"Women were fully integrated during the 1970s and '80s, and since then have continued to make their mark with a full range of responsibilities across all three services," he told the crowd.
Mr Smith said 2018 marked the centenary of the end of the First World War, and Australian involvement in stopping the German spring offensive and in supporting the allied offensive that drove the Germans back.
It also marks the 75th anniversary of many World War II battles and events, including the last Japanese air raid on Darwin and the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War.
Later in the morning, crowds lined the streets and veterans donned medals and waved flags for the Anzac Day march.
Among the about 6000 men and women involved was 97-year-old Sandy Hill, who served in New Guinea during World War II from 1942-44.
Of his service unit of 400, only two - he and Stanley Barrett - participated on Wednesday.
Mr Hill, of Goolwa, has marched every year since he returned from the war, and this year was pushed in a wheelchair by his grandson, Tom.
Marchers were split into 20 groups depending on where and when they, or a relative, served.
For the first time, servicewomen from across the defence forces marched as part of the By The Left Campaign, which aims to raise the profile of female veterans and serving personnel.
Though not personally involved on Wednesday, Claire Armstrong rushed onto the street when her grandfather, Martin Zeugofsge, marched by.
The 19-year-old shares a special connection with her grandfather through their individual involvement with the Australian Defence Force.
More than 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, Ms Armstrong last year completed an army gap year and this year enrolled in the Army Reserve program.
Now on inactive reserve to focus on studies in international relations and law, she's always known she wanted to follow in her grandfather's footsteps.
"We'd always come to the marches and we'd always see him and how amazing it is, and how proud he is of fighting for his country," she said.
"He used to come to our school for our Remembrance Day ceremonies and do the odes.
"It was the best feeling when he came to my march-out at Kapooka."
