The Roll Of Honour is a listing in bronze of the names of almost every Australian killed in action since 1885; over 102,000 in total to date. It's located in cloisters which run around the commemorative courtyard, which opens up immediately on the other side of the main entrance to the Memorial.

People can place paper red poppies (a symbol of remembrance dating from World War I when red poppies often bloomed over battlefields once the battle had moved on) near the names of those who have special meaning to them; typically lost relatives.

On this occasion we were at the Memorial around closing time. As Autumn has only just started closing time coincides with the intensity of the sunset's light building up, resulting in the cloisters' colonnades admitting sharply defined arches of light onto the western-facing panels of the roll. That was originally the shot that I was going for (and some of those will appear in my main AWM gallery when I have time to process them), but in the end I decided that this close in shot of the mixed sunlight and shadow was the better one to use as the PAD for today.

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