Hundreds pay tribute to Anzac soldiers near Gallipoli beach

A couple sit among graves at the Lone Pine memorial cemetery after the dawn service ceremony at the Anzac Cove beach in Turkey (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Hundreds of people have gathered by a beach near the First World War battlefields on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula to pay tribute to soldiers from Australia and New Zealand killed in a disastrous campaign 108 years ago.

The Anzac Day services began as the first light broke on the peninsula in north-west Turkey, with a mournful Aboriginal didgeridoo performance and the singing of hymns and solemn songs.