Brisbane remembers Anzacs at dawn

BRISBANE'S CENTENARY DAWN SERVICE AT ANZAC SQUARE

* HOW MANY: An estimated record 30,000 people gathered in the square and surrounding areas

* WHO WAS THERE: Governor Paul de Jersey, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Police Commissioner Ian Stewart, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk, and defence force dignitaries and consulate officials.

* INTERESTING FACT: Brisbane's dawn service commenced at 4.28am, marking the precise moment troops landed at Gallipoli in 1915

* WHAT WAS OFFICIALLY SAID: "May I suggest finally that it is appropriate for all of us to ask ourselves this morning whether we are the worthy beneficiaries of the sacrifices we respectfully proclaim today" - Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey

* WHAT WAS SAID IN THE CROWD: "If they didn't fight for us, we wouldn't have a country" - Rupert Bignall, 8.