ANZAC Day provides an opportunity for Australians of all ages to reflect, remember and honour those who gave everything for our freedom.
This year, several local services will be held, inviting both serving and ex-serving defence personnel and the general public to participate.
Marchant Ward Councillor Danita Parry said on ANZAC Day, we pause to remember the courage, sacrifice and resilience of our service men and women.
“It’s inspiring to see more school students and their families joining us each year to carry forward these important traditions,” Cr Parry said.
Vietnam veteran and longstanding member of the Kedron-Wavell Sub Branch RSL, Gregory Peake OAM, said ANZAC Day was important for raising awareness of the sacrifices made by Australians.
“It reminds the veterans that people remember what ANZAC Day stands for,” Mr Peake said. “To me, ANZAC Day is every day because I have a list of all the names of the people in our unit who were killed in my diary, so I am reminded every day of the men who lost their lives.”
Mr Peake, who served in a Third Cavalry Regiment – an armoured corps unit, said it was heartening to see students from local primary and secondary schools attending the ANZAC Day service and seeing them pay their respects to past service men and women.
“I think it reinforces that the past deeds of service men and women are not forgotten,” he said.
Local ANZAC Day services include:
Kedron-Wavell Sub Branch RSL Inc
- Dawn service at 5:30am at Lutwyche Cemetery (assemble at 5am at the war graves)
- Gunfire Breakfast at Kedron-Wavell for members, defence personnel and ex-personnel
- ANZAC Day March at 8am from the Chermside Historical Precinct to Kedron-Wavell (assemble at 7.50am)
- Commemorative service at 8:30am
Aspley Hornets
- Dawn Service at 5:45am followed by a $15 plated breakfast
Geebung RSL
- Commemorative service at 4:25am (Memorial Wall on Collings Street), followed by Gunfire Breakfast
Windsor War Memorial
- 100th-anniversary ceremony at 9am, followed by complimentary morning tea at the Old Windsor Council Chambers
Other services will be held at 10am at the Memorial Hall in Bald Hills, 6:30am at Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery at Bridgeman Downs, and 7:30am at O’Callaghan Park in Zillmere.
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