BRUSSELS (AP) — At 74, Harry Quick traveled to the other side of the world from his home in Tasmania to honor the soldiers from Australia and New Zealand that fell during World War I.

His tribute at the Menin Gate shrine in Flanders Fields was just one of many around the world on ANZAC Day, when the two countries unite in memory of all soldiers that died in warfare over the past century. From drenched Sydney, to Hong Kong and London, tens of thousands paid respect on Friday, a year ahead of the centenary of the emblematic campaign in Gallipoli in Turkey.