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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amy Remeikis in Canberra

Lost luggage leaves New Zealand’s band without instruments for Anzac Day at Gallipoli

Visitors from Australia and New Zealand attend a dawn ceremony at Anzac Cove in the Gallipoli peninsula
Visitors from Australia and New Zealand attend a dawn ceremony at Anzac Cove in the Gallipoli peninsula. Photograph: Kemal Aslan/Reuters

Australia’s and New Zealand’s defence forces are once again coming together at Gallipoli – this time to ensure New Zealand’s military band can play on.

The band’s luggage was among thousands of bags lost during last week’s Dubai floods, with embassy staff only able to retrieve one instrument and a handful of dress uniforms ahead of the 25 April dawn service in Turkey.

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