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A clever television commercial contrasts the brave efforts of our Diggers with weak excuses given for not making it to the ANZAC Day Dawn Service.
Redcliffe RSL president Neville Cullen will take his place during local Anzac Day services on Thursday.
Source: Quest Newspapers
ANZAC Day is a time for storytellers – and boy, do our diggers have some tales to tell!
LIke the story of brothers Russell and Greg Wiseman, who fought alongside each other on the fields of Vietnam, but will walk together in the Anzac Day parade for the first time in 42 years on Thursday.
Or the sad account of Shailer Park’s Matthew Lambert, a skater boy from Logan who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting in Afghanistan, whose memory lives on in the parks he frequented as a child.
And then there is the chilling story of WWII veteran Philip Andrews, who was aboard one of 14 merchant ships that set sail for Malta in 1942 when only five made it to their destination.
“We lost more men in those five days of fighting than Australia lost in the whole of the Vietnam War,” he said.
But nothing beats hearing a story of courage and service first hand, which is another good reason to get along to one of the hundreds of local Anzac Day events planned across Brisbane.
Below is a list of events, with suburbs listed alphabetically. Go along and get involved – you will be glad you did.
- 6.30am: Service at the war memorial in Grenier Park, Mortimer Rd, Acacia Ridge
- 6.30am: Service at Pinnaroo War Graves Section at the Pinaroo Cemetery at Albany Creek
- 7am: March starts opposite Annerley Police Station, corner Ipswich Rd and Annerley Rd.
- 7.30am: Service at Yeronga Memorial Park, Ipswich Rd and Villa St.
- 8am: March assembles 8am at corner of Waterworks Rd and Betheden Terrace
- 8.30am: Service at Stewart Place, corner Waterworks Rd and Stewart Rd
- 9am: March from John Stewart Memorial Park to Memorial Hall, Old Gympie Rd.
- 9.30am: Service in memorial hall
Hec Handsley was the guest of Strathpine State School’s recent Anzac Day Service. Picture: Russell Brown
Source: Quest Newspapers
- 6.45am: March from Uniting Church, corner Second Ave and Moreton Tce
- 7am: Early service at Clayton Park cenotaph
- 5.30am: Dawn service at cenotaph in Crete St, Beenleigh.
- 10am: Parade forms at the cnr of York and Kokoda streets.
- 10.30am: March back to the Crete St cenotaph.
- 11am: Memorial service.
- 5.30am: Dawn service at Bray Park-Strathpine RSL Sub Branch, Francis Rd.
- 4.28am: Assemble for dawn service at Woorim Beach carpark, First Ave
- 8.30am: Assemble at Apex Park, Toorbul St, for march to Korea Place memorial park
- 9am: Main service, Apex Park
- 4am: Dawn Service, ANZAC Square, with satellite ceremony at King George Square
- 10am: Parade starts at corner of George and Elizabeth streets, finishes at 1pm. (More details at anzacmarchbrisbane.com.au)
Vietnam veteran John Harper, on Spyder, with Aspley Special School student Tristan Chatfield, 12. Picture: Ric Frearson
Source: Quest Newspapers
- 7.15am: Assemble at Bulimba Library, Oxford Street for march led by the Queensland detachment of the Royal Australian Navy Band. Service to follow at Bulimba Memorial Park.
- 12.30pm: Service, Bulimba Memorial Bowls and Community Club, corner of Quinn Street and Thyme Road, Balmoral. Followed by a bowls day.
- 4.24am: Dawn service at War Veterans’ Home, King St
- 8.30am: March from War Veterans Home to Caboolture Town Square
- 10am: Main service, Town Square
- 8am: March from Camp Hill State Infants and Primary School, 676 Old Cleveland Road.
- 8.30am: Service at Camp Hill State Infants and Primary School.
- 6am: Service at Hornets Football Club, Carseldine
- 8am: March from Loffs Rd, Jamboree Heights
- 8.05am: Service, corner of Dandenong Rd and Arrabri Ave, Mt Ommaney
Heather Oldfield from Bongaree was a signals woman in WWII. Picture: Russell Brown
Source: Quest Newspapers
- 5.15am: Assemble for a 5.30 start to the dawn service at the Lutwyche Ceremony war graves section
- 7.45am: Assemble for the march to Burnie Brae Park, Chermside
- 8am: March north along Kingsmill St to Kittyhawk Dr to the Kedron Wavell Services Club
- 8.30am: Service at the memorial in front of the club
- 5.30am: Gunfire Breakfast, Clayfield-Toombul RSL sub-branch
- 7am: Parade, from Kalinga Park Gates
- 8am: Service, St Columb’s Anglican Church, Victoria St
- 8.45am: Service, Clayfield-Toombul RSL sub-branch
- 7.45am: March from Baragoola St, Coorparoo to the RSL on Holdsworth St.
- 8.30am: Service at Coorparoo RSL, 45 Holdsworth St.
- 9.15am: Members’ function at the club until 1pm.
- 5.10am: March from 2 Clewley St
- 5.20am: Dawn Service at Kokoda Memorial Stone, Corner of Browne and Clewley streets
- 5.20am: Dawn service at Roderick Cruice Park, Dayboro.
- 9am: March from Crown Hotel, along McKenzie St to Dayboro Showgrounds.
- 10am: Main service at Dayboro Showgrounds.
- 5.40am: March from Captain Cook Pde for service at the Community Hall, Bayview Tce.
- 8.30am: March from Heffernan Park, corner Annerley Rd and Rusk St
- 8.45am: Service at Garden of Remembrance, Gair Park, corner Gladstone Rd and Annerley Rd
The St Williams Primary School Choir – including Giaan Smith, Emilee Tong, William Quin, James Quin and Rhiannon Smith – will perform at the Gaythorne RSL on Anzac Day. Picture: Ric Frearson
Source: Quest Newspapers
- 3.30am: Gates open to the public at Gallipoli Barracks for gold coin donation
- 4.30am: Gates closed
- 5am: Dawn service begins
- 5.30am: Gunfire breakfast for RSL members
- 6.15am: Parade participants form up
- 6.30am: March from Sid Loder Park in front of the RSL
- 6.45am: Service at RSL
- 7.15am: Breakfast at RSL
- 10am: RSL opens to members of the public
- 4.15am: Dawn service at Memorial Club (Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan is giving the address)
- 5am: Gunfire breakfast
- 7.30am: Main parade from Zillmere Shopping Centre to O’Callaghan Park
- 4.27am: Dawn service at Honour Stone, corner of Queen and Church streets
- 7.15am: March from corner of Queen and Alice streets
- 7.30am: Service at Honour Stone
Vietnam veteran Barry Ritchie and Army cadet Ben Grace will be attending the Goodna RSL Sub-Branch dawn service on Anzac Day. Picture: Sarah Keayes
Source: Quest Newspapers
- 7.30am: March from Appel Street
- 8am: Service at Graceville Memorial Park
- 5.30am: Dawn service at the memorial gardens near Greenbank RSL in Anzac Ave.
- 9.30am: March participants form up Blackwell St.
- 10am: Parade marches back to the RSL.
- 10.30am: Memorial service at the memorial gardens in Anzac Ave.
- 5am: Dawn Service, Cameron Rocks Park, Kingsford Smith Drive
- 7.15am: March from Old Post Office, corner Logan Rd and Barter Ave
- 7.50am: Service conducted by Salvation Army, assisted by ADF Serving Officer, followed by wreath laying ceremony to site adjacent memorial hall
WWII veteran Philip Andrews, 90, at home at RSL Care Inverpine centre at Murrumba Downs. Picture: Paul Guy
Source: Quest Newspapers
- 7.40am: March from corner of Stamford and Belgrave streets
- 8am: Service at War Memorial, Keating Park
- 4.28am: Dawn service at the memorial near Jimboomba Library, Honara St.
- 6.50am: March participants assemble outside Jimboomba Tavern in Cusack Lane.
- 7am: March commences down Cusack Lane.
- 7.30am: Memorial service in Jimboomba Rotary Park, Cusack Lane.
- 5.15am: Dawn Service, War Graves section of Lutwyche Cemetery
- 8am: Service, Burnie Brae Park, Kingsmill St
- 8.30am: Service, Kedron Wavell Services Club
- 5.30am: Dawn service at the Ex-Servicemen’s Community Park, cnr Jacaranda Ave and Wembley Rd.
- 8am: Parade assembly in the Kmart carpark on Wembley Rd.
- 8.30am: March commences up Wembley Rd to the cenotaph, cnr Jacaranda Ave and Wembley Rd.
- 9am: Memorial service at the cenotaph.
- 4.28am: Dawn service at the cenotaph in Wharf St, Logan Village.
- 9am: March participants meet at Logan Village State School, North St.
- 9.30am: March travels to the Wharf St cenotaph.
- 10am: Memorial service at the Wharf St cenotaph.
Piper Maurie De Hayr and Camp Hill State School captains (from left) Will Blair, Josephine Stockdale, Fletcher Brook and Liliana Neame are looming forward to Anzac Day. Picture: Peter Cronin
Source: Quest Newspapers
- 4am: Dawn service at Richard Russell Park on Carlton Terrace
- 4.30am: Gunfire Breakfast at Manly-Lota RSL Sub Branch, 184 Melville Terrace
- 6.10am: Sunrise service at the Darling Point National Servicemen’s Memorial, Darling Point. It will be followed by tea. All welcome.
- 8am: Commemorative march from Manly State School on Ernest Street to Richard Russell Park
- 8.30am: ANZAC service at Richard Russell Park followed by refreshments at the Manly-Lota RSL
- 4am: Assemble outside Tony Curries Tyre Centre, Wynnum Rd, Morningside
- 4.28am: Service at the Cenotaph, Federation Corner, intersection of Wynnum Rd and Ison St
- 4.45am: Gunfire breakfast at Morningside Services Club
- 5.45am: Morning service at Dahmongah Lookout, Mt Mee Rd
- 9.30am: Main service at Theo Greene Park, Bribie Island Rd
- 6.20am: Assemble for march from memorial on Norman Ave
- 7.30: March, with breakfast at nearby Norman Park Services Bowls club to follow the service.
- 10.30am: Service at Oxley Memorial Stone, Bannerman Park, corner of Bayford Road and Oxley Rd
- 7am: Service at RSL Care Carrington Retirement Community, 16 Blairmount St.
Howard Buckley, secretary of the Greenbank RSL sub branch, gets ready for Anzac Day. Picture: Ric Frearson
Source: Quest Newspapers
PINE RIVERS (KALLANGUR)
- 5.25am: March to Memorial Gardens
- 5.30am: Dawn service, Pine Rivers District RSL Sub Branch, 1347 Anzac Ave, Kallangur
- 8.15am: March from Kallangur Fair to Memorial Gardens, with wreath laying service at 9am
- 9.30am: Community groups and schools memorial service at Memorial Gardens.
- 4.27am: Dawn service, Memorial Stone, Bridge St
- 11am: Service, Memorial Stone, Bridge St
- 4.27am: Dawn service at The Cenotaph, Redbank Plains Library Grounds, Moreton Ave
- 9.20am: March from corner of Cedar Rd and Moreton Ave
- 9.30am: Service at The Cenotaph
- 5.15am: March from corner of Redcliffe Pde and Baker St to Anzac Place for dawn service at 5.30am.
- 8.15am: Naval service performed by Redcliffe Sub-Section Naval Association at TS Moreton Bay Navy Cadets, Hornibrook Esp, Clontarf (next to yacht club).
- 9.30am: Small service at Woody Point Memorial Hall, located next to the croquet club.
- 11am: March from roundabout on Redcliffe Pde and Anzac Ave to Anzac Place for main service.
- Noon: Main service in Anzac Place
- 6am: Dawn Service at St Paul’s Anglican Church of Samford, Jolly’s Lookout.
- 8.15am: March from Station Street to Memorial Park Samford Village
- 8.30am: Samford RSL Sub-Branch Service at the Memorial Park.
- 5.50am: Assemble in Flinders Pden near Third Avenue
- 6am: Dawn service
- 6.30am: Breakfast for people who attend the Dawn Service
- 9am: Assemble in Keogh St, Sandgate for the main procession
- 9.10am: March along Brighton Rd to Memorial Park, Sandgate
- 9.30am: Main service starts in Memorial Park
- 7am: Parade forms at Logan East Community Centre, cnr Cinderella Dve and Vanessa Blvd.
- 7.30am: March towards the Springwood cenotaph in Cinderella Park, Cinderella Dve.
- 8am: Memorial service at the cenotaph.
Flagstone State Community College’s Aroha Tulloch, 17, Te Aomihia Brooking, 16, and Tahlia Linehan, 16, will be singing the New Zealand National Anthem at their school’s Anzac Day celebrations. Picture: Ric Frearson
Source: Quest Newspapers
- 4am: Sunnybank RSL dawn service at the corner of Gager and Turton Street
- 4.28am: Service at the district war memorial, 19 Gager Street Sunnybank.
- 7.45am: March forms at corner of Station Rd and Turton St, march off at 8am.
- 8.30am: Commemoration service at the district war memorial.
- 5.15am: Service at RSL Care Cazna Gardens Retirement Community
- 6.25am: March starts from corner of Weller Rd and Effingham St.
- 6.45am: Service at Ekibin Memorial Park, Cracknell Rd.
- 5.40am: Dawn service at War Memorial, Glen Affric St
- 9.15am: March from The Gap State High School
- 9.30am: Service at the War Memorial, Glen Affric St
- 8am: Main service at Toorbul Fire Station War Memorial, Freeman Rd
- 5.20am: Dawn service, Toowong Memorial Park, Sylvan Rd
- 5.45am: Dawn service at National Servicemen’s Memorial Park, D’Aguilar Hwy
- 4.45am: Assemble at Woodford Memorial Hall for march to Woodford Memorial Park, Archer St
- 5am: Dawn service at Woodford Memorial Park
- 10am: March from corner of George and Archer streets for service at Woodford Memorial Park at 10.30am
- 5am: Dawn service in the Wynnum RSL car park
- 9am: Commemorative march from corner of Cedar Street and Bay Terrace to Wynnum RSL
- 9.20am: Wreath laying ceremony at Wynnum RSL
Russell Wiseman and brother Greg will march together for the first time in 42 years at the Wynnum RSL Anzac Day service. Picture: Peter Cronin
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