Matt de Boer says the Freo players were well aware of the significance of Anzac day, with a number attending the dawn service at Perth's War Memorial in King's Park.

"There were a few boys that did get up this morning and go down to the service. Garrick Ibbotson, Michael Barlow, and Jack Hannath went down, so it's really great to hear that.

"I'll try and honour them in my own special way tomorrow night," de Boer said.

Anzac Day has special significance to de Boer as his Grandfather served in the Second World War. He echoed his coach's words that the player's job was to simply provide appropriate effort.

"We'll go out there and try and do our best job in terms of effort."

De Boer felt that Fremantle needed to take on more responsibility in the absence of their injured skipper Matthew Pavlich.

"Obviously no one can replace Matthew Pavlich and we all need to share the workload. As a member of the forward line, down there at times, I have to take it upon myself to make sure I am that marking target."