Ambassador John Griffin after laying a wreath at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Phaleron (Photo: Courtesy of the British Embassy in Athens)

Australian Ambassador, John Griffin, at the Commemorating Remembrance Sunday 2015

This year, the 11th of November marks the 97th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18).

Commemorating Remembrance Sunday 2015, Australian Ambassador, John Griffin, attended the British Embassy ceremony on 8 November and the French Embassy Armistice Day commemorative ceremony on 11 November at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Phaleron.

A Remembrance Sunday commemoration was also hosted by the British Embassy in Bucharest, where Ms Irina Buzila from our Honorary Consulate in Romania laid a wreath on behalf of the Australian Embassy at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Bucharest, where two Australian servicemen are buried.

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Ambassador John Griffin placing a wooden cross (Australian War Memorial commemorative schoolchildren crosses project) at the grave of an Australian serviceman in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Phaleron.

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Ms Irina Buzila from the Australian Honorary Consulate in Romania laying flowers on an Australian serviceman’s grave with her granddaughter at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Bucharest.

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Australian Ambassador John Griffin attending the French Embassy Armistice Day commemorative ceremony on 11 November in Phaleron.

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The Romanian military Honour Guard during the Remembrance Sunday commemoration at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Bucharest.