Remembrance Day services honour the fallen

The service opened with a prayer and poem read by RSL member Ron Wood before RSL vice-president, John Hollowood gave a commemorative address.

Mr Hollowood said that the day is a chance to remember those who have passed and reflect on the price countries paid due to war.

“Remembrance Day on November 11 is a time to recognise and remember all those who have lost their lives or suffered in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations,” he said.

“The day’s sombre associations have never changed... we reflect on the price that Australia and countries around the world have paid through more than a century of war and conflict that followed the World War I.”

Wreaths were then laid, led by David Jenkins, the RSL’s oldest living member at age 97.

Representatives from the Echuca East Primary School, Echuca Primary School and Campaspe Shire Council were among those who also laid a wreath.

The service then concluded with the last post, a minute of silence, the rouse and the national anthem.

Over in Moama, Moama RSL sub-branch president Ken Jones led the service across the river at the Moama cenotaph from 11.00am.

Cole Perkins followed the opening speech with a prayer for fallen soldiers, and Leigh Bennett recited a Remembrance Day poem.

Wreaths were laid by Moama and Echuca RSL’s, Murray River Council, Moama and Murray River District Police, veteran and Legacy groups, and State Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh.

Pamela Colt spoke of her family’s rich history of serving for Australia since World War I, as well as her own service, and Georgia Armstrong from Cohuna Secondary College sung the British, New Zealand, and Australian national anthems.