Two officers brutally murdered by Australia's most wanted man in the line of duty are being remembered across the nation as police commemorate fallen colleagues.

National Police Remembrance Day marks one of the most significant days in the policing calendar, giving police a chance to pay tribute to those killed on the job.

Victorian police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart were gunned down in the small town of Porepunkah on August 26 while trying to carry out a search warrant.

Leading Senior Constable Thompson, a Victoria Police veteran of 38 years, was just a week away from retiring.

Hundreds of their colleagues are still involved in the search for Dezi Freeman, who is accused of firing the gun weapon that killed the men.

The families of the slain officers will attend

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