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The South Eastern Times : April 28th 2015
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NEWS 5 Millicent tyre centre All leading brands of tyres and wheels • Computer wheel alignment and balancing • Lube service Performance & off road specialists • On farm service • Complete range of batteries PROUD AUSTRALIANS: Millicent Baptist Church pastor Arthur Tzanakis congratulates RSL members Graeme Mellor, Chris Mathias (president), Bruce Clayson, Graeme Morris and Stephen Tidy following Saturday’s dawn service. Tradition continues NEW SEASON Residents honour service at Anzac centenary Men’s Back Bay & MUSTILLO RAQUEL journo1@setimes.com.au HUNDREDS of residents braved ions at Saturday’s dawn service to commemorate the men and women who have fallen for our freedom in the last century. Returned soldiers were ordered to “stand to” at Millicent’s Cross of Sacrifice as piper Doug Balnaves opened the service, paying tribute to the enduring Anzac legacy. Returned and Services League (RSL) Millicent sub-branch president Chris Mathias described stories of heroism, mateship and sacrifice to the crowd of 500. “Before dawn broke on the western coast of the Gallipoli Penisula on Sunday the 25th of April 1915, the men of the Australian and New Zealand division climbed from the ships that had transported them,” he said. “As dawn touched its golden light on the narrow beaches, they landed facing steep cliffs manned by alert Turkish soldiers. “As they climbed the imposing ridges about, through rocky scrub and narrow gullies, a hailstorm of bullets and bombs came littering fire upon them. “By dawn the next day, more than 1000 Anzac soldiers lay dead with many more wounded and unable to continue the fight. “Today is significant in it is a century to the day the heroes Breakaway vests, Rugbys & jumpers now in! DON’T MISS OUT! TonyeGAn’S 62 GeorGe St, Millicent Ph/FAX 8733 2560 | tonyegans@bigpond.com ANZAC TRADITION: Dawn Williams gets a shot of rum in her coffee from Returned and Services League member Bob Evans at the gunfire breakfast. of Gallipoli forged the Anzac tradition and with it the proud national spirit. “In all areas of conflict from that day on, the Anzac spirit has endured and our servicemen and women display it still.” Following Mr Mathias’ speech, Millicent Baptist Church pastor Arthur Tzanakis conducted the service and benediction. “Nearly 37 million people were killed or wounded in the Great War,” he said. “Yet they live on in our hearts and in the hearts of families and friends. “Our country we are today was forged by these men and women. “We who are gathered here in this dawn vigil remember with gratitude all those who gave their lives for us. “We remember those left behind to bare the sorrow of their loss. “May we and our successors prove worthy of their sacrifice.” The service was followed by the traditional gunfire breakfast at the nearby RSL memorial hall. Millicent’s Legacy ladies worked through the night to prepare a meal similar to what soldiers ate in the trenches at the break of dawn. Around 150 members of the public enjoyed a breakfast of savoury mince on toast and coffee laced with rum served by members of the Millicent Girl Guides. ANZAC LEGACY: A Millicent High School student flies the Australian flag at half mast at the conclusion of the dawn service. www.thesoutheasterntimes.com.au The South Eastern Times, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 5 669452 667634 BW593360
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