The services are held in private homes and have a special flavour of comradeship. The men have formed their own band and on this day they join together to sing the songs which were sung in more anguished times and now remain as poignant reminders of that sacrifice. The music forms a bond between the men which they say is indescribable, a bond of comradeship tempered by time and trauma.

After the service, the men play their songs, have a few quiet beers and engage in that traditional game peculiar to Australian soldiers, a game where two coins are spun in the air.