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WE REMEMBER: Last Thursday ANZAC Day dawn services were held at Mansfield, Bonnie Doon, Jamieson, Merrijig, and Tolmie, with the later march from outside the Mansfield RSL Hall to the war memorial before a service at 10am. PHOTO: Lynn Elder
LEST WE FORGET Crowds attend ANZAC Dayy services across shire to honour servicemen and women
By LYNN ELDER HUNDREDS gathered across the district despite the chilly conditions on ANZAC Day to honour the memory of Australians and New Zealanders who fought at Gallipoli and all who have worn our country’s uniform in service. The day now also recognises and acknowledges the 1.5
million servicemen and women, including several from the Mansfield district, who have served Australia in all conflicts, wars and peacekeeping operations. Dawn services were held at Mansfield, Bonnie Doon, Jamieson, Merrijig and Tolmie. An estimated 300 people bowed their heads in silence at the Menin Gates in Mansfield,
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surrounded by darkness, as they recalled the ultimate sacrifice made by soldiers during the First World War and later conflicts. The short but moving service included a welcome by Mansfield RSL president Ken Thompson and prayers by the Rev Melissa Clark. This year’s speech was by RSL member and former Australian naval serviceman David Bock. He focused on the conflict
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involving the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) during the First World War in the southwest Pacific. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Germans established a network of powerful wireless and telegraph stations in this region north of Australia. When Britain declared war on Germany, Australia was asked to destroy the radio stations and to
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occupy German New Guinea and the surrounding areas. The radio tower at Bita Paka, seven kilometres inland, was destroyed on the morning of September 11, 1914, by a party of 25 reservists who met some resistance from German soldiers and New Guinea troops but, with the support of reinforcements, had taken over the site by 7pm that night. ■ Continued pages 10-11
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