The sound of bagpipes could be heard coming from the gazebo in Goar Park at dawn on Wednesday as a crowd of about 50 people gathered in University Park to honor Australia's military and fallen soldiers.

A group of North Texas-based Australians met at 7 a.m. at the park to participate in a tribute to Anzac Day on April 25, which is the Australian version of Memorial Day.

The ceremony included a presentation of the Australian, New Zealand and American flags, remarks by Highland Park Presbyterian Church reverend Roger O. Green and an address by Patrick M. Walsh, who is an admiral and was the former commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The event was hosted by AusAm, which is a network of Australian businessmen in Texas that has a mission of creating opportunities between Texas and Australia through business and social networking events. AusAm was founded by Bernard Uechtritz, an international real estate consultant from Australian that lives in Texas, who read an Anzac Requiem at the event.

"Not only do we honor the memory of those who have fallen in battle," Uechtritz read, "we share the sorrow of those who have mourned them and of all who have been the victims of armed conflict."

Also, during the ceremony, a wreath was laid in front of the flags, and bagpipe and bugle music was played as a tribute to the fallen soldiers.

Anzac Day was originally meant to honor Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) members who fought at Galliponi in the Ottoman Empire in WWI, but today the holiday recognizes all Australian and New Zealand military members who have served and died for their countries.