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Marching in memory

By MP News GroupMay 1, 2023Updated:May 2, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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ANZAC Day services and parades held across the Mornington Peninsula last Tuesday (25 April) drew many participants and even more onlookers.

LAYING wreaths at Rosebud. Pictures: Yanni

RYE Primary School’s captains recited In Flanders Fields before laying a wreath, above, and the school’s choir sang Australian songs, right. Pictures: Barry Irving
ANZAC Day Main Street, Mornington. Picture: Adam Richmond
MARCHING in Main Street, Mornington. Picture: Adam Richmond
MORNINGTON Secondary College continued its long-standing tradition of honouring the Anzacs with a school commemoration that concluded at the Avenue of Honour. Picture: Supplied

ABOUT 600 people attended the Anzac Day dawn service at Tyabb.

Coordinator Peter Davis said this year also marks the 50th anniversary of the formal ending of the Vietnam War, although some Australian troops remained there for a further two years. Former helicopter pilot John Sonneveld, of Tyabb, spoke about his experiences in Vietnam, including the sadness of the war and the operation that earned him a Distinguished Flying Cross.

Sonneveld also mentioned the poor treatment of returning Vietnam veterans.

The service was hosted by former Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor police Sergeant Julie Morris, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Students and children from the Tyabb primary schools, colleges and the Tyabb Village Children’s Centre read poems and placed crosses and wreaths around the cenotaph. Picture: Supplied

First published in The News – 2 May 2023

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