“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

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