Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has attended the Anzac Day Currumbin Dawn Service on the Gold Coast.
Wearing a suit and adorned with the medals he received for his service, Roberts-Smith arrived at the service at around 4.30am, sitting alongside thousands of other attendees.
"I've never thought about not coming, I was always going to be here," he told the ABC.
READ MORE: Boos mar Sydney, Melbourne Anzac Day dawn services
He added that it was a day "everyone should be reflecting and commemorating the service of all of those Australians that have given us the country that we live in".
After the ceremony he spent time and shook hands with many of the other attendees.
The former SAS soldier was arrested on April 7 and charged with murdering or ordering the murders of five unarmed detainees while deployed in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.
He denies all the allegations.
He successfully applied for bail on April 17 at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court.
He was released from Silverwater Correctional Centre before travelling back to Queensland.
