“ANZAC” was the name given to a combined force of First Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Army troops who landed on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula at around dawn on Sunday, the 25th day of April, 1915, barely nine months after the outbreak of World War I.
Galvanised by the example of courage and sacrifice demonstrated on that bloody battlefield, on the 10th day of January 1916 a public meeting of Brisbane citizens voted unanimously to establish the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee to lay the groundwork for a nationwide, solemn day of public remembrance on the first anniversary of the landings.
On every 25th day of April for the past 100 years, “ANZAC Day” has been observed in Australia and New Zealand, becoming an honoured and sacred institution along the way.
The Western Downs will be commemorating Anzac Day with the following services:
Bell
Dawn Service 6am
Anzac Memorial Park, Dennis Street
Community Breakfast - 8am
RSL Sub Branch, Ensor Street
Bunya Mountains
Commemoration Service - 8am
Opposite National Park Office, Bunya Avenue
Chinchilla
Kapyong Service
Korean War Memorial Service held
before Anzac Day on Monday 24 April - 11am
Chinchilla RSL Sub Branch Soldiers Memorial Hall, Heeney Street
Dawn Service - 5.55am
Fuller Place, Heeney Street
Gunfire Breakfast - To follow Dawn Service
Chinchilla RSL Sub Branch Soldiers Memorial Hall, Heeney Street
Commemoration March - 10.45am
Heeney Street
Commemoration Service - 11am
Fuller Place, Heeney Street
Dalby
Dawn March - 4.15am
Patrick Street
Dawn Service - 4.28am
Anzac Park, Patrick Street
Commemoration March - 9.30am
Bell Park, Cunningham Street, and Patrick Street
Commemoration Service - 9.45am
Anzac Park, Patrick Street
Dulacca
Commemoration Service - 8.45am
Roy Henderson Park, Warrego Highway
Jandowae
Dawn Service - 6am
Jandowae Memorial Hall,
corner George and Market Streets
Commemoration March - 11.30am
Dalby Street, High Street, and George Street
Commemoration Service - 12pm
Jandowae Memorial Hall, corner George and Market Streets
Community Lunch To follow Commemoration Service
Kaimkillenbun
Commemoration Service - 8.30am
Cumkillenbar Park, Isabelle Street
Community Morning Tea to follow Commemoration Service
Kogan
Breakfast* - 7am-8am
Kogan Memorial Hall Park, Kogan-Condamine Road
Commemoration March - 8.30am
Commemoration Service - 9am
Community Morning Tea to follow Commemoration Service
Meandarra
Dawn Service - 5.30am
Meandarra ANZAC Memorial Museum, Sara Street
Opening of new exhibition
‘The Light Horse’ - 9.30am
Commemoration March - 10am
Meandarra State School, Sara Street
Commemoration Service - 10.30am
Meandarra ANZAC Memorial Museum, Sara Street
Community Lunch* - 12pm
Meandarra School of Arts Hall, Sara Street
Miles
Dawn Service - 5.45am
Anzac Park, Corbett Drive
Commemoration March - 11am
Murilla Street
Commemoration Service - 11.15am
Anzac Park, Corbett Drive
Tara
Dawn Service - 5.30am
Tara Memorial Hall, Fry Street
Community Breakfast - 6.20am
Commemoration March - 10am
Day Street, Fry Street
Commemoration Service - 10.40am
Tara Memorial Hall, Fry Street
Community Lunch* - 12.15pm
Wandoan
Dawn Service - 5.30am
W. O’Sullivan Memorial Park, Henderson Road
Commemoration March - 9.45am
Royd Street
Commemoration Service - 10am
Wandoan Cultural Centre, Henderson Road
Community Morning Tea - 11am
Warra
Commemoration Service - 9am
Warra Memorial Hall, Warrego Highway
Community Morning Tea to follow Commemoration Service
We hope you will find something of interest in the above events and that you will join the community and Kings Park Accommodation in continuing the tradition of honouring ANZAC Day