The red poppy is a symbol of remembrance. That is why you will find citizens of Australia and New Zealand wearing the bright flower on Anzac Day. It is also used to lay on memorial sites.

Thousands of woollen poppies were knitted nationwide for a Waiouru Army Museum project as part of ANZAC Day centennial celebrations in 2015. So many poppies were knitted, the project had a surplus.

Eight-month-old Max Thompson has a seat on a field of poppies at Federation Square in Melbourne. Picture: Chris Eastman An ex-serviceman and his granddaughter in the Anzac Day march in Sydney ...