Northern Rivers Anzac Day list of events
TO HONOUR our servicemen and women there will be Anzac Day services across the Northern Rivers next Monday. Here's a list of the events:
Alstonville
5.20am: Dawn service at Elizabeth Ann Brown Park;
9.20am: Assembly at Paddy Bugden VC Memorial for the Anzac Day parade. The parade will be led by a contingent of post-1990 veterans;
10am: Anzac Day service, Elizabeth Ann Brown Park.
Breakfast and lunch for veterans and their guests will be served at the RSL Hall at 6.30am and noon respectively. RSVP the secretary.
Ballina
5am: Reveille
5.30am: Dawn service at the Ballina cenotaph in Grant St (across the road from the Ballina RSL Club)
6.30am: Breakfast at the Ballina RSL Club (downstairs for veterans; upstairs for Ballina RSL Sub-Branch members and parters, ex-service and serving personnel)
9am: Buses depart for pilgrimage to East Ballina cemetery for 9.15am service
10.15am: Assemble for march at River St, near courthouse
10.30am: Anzac Day parade
10.55am: Anzac Day service at Ballina cenotaph
Brunswick Heads
11am: Community picnic at Anzac Memorial Park, Brunswick Heads (by the river) where the Reflections Memorial Mosaic Seat has been installed
Byron Bay
5.30am: Dawn service at the Memorial Gates
6am: Breakfast at the Services Club until 6.30am
10.15am: Assemble for the main service and march at the Beach Hotel
10.30am: Anzac Day march
10.50am: Anzac Day main service and at the completion of the service, free soft drinks served at the Club.
Bangalow
10.30am: Assemble for the march at the roundabout/Bangalow Hotel
10.55am: Outdoor service commences at the RSL Hall followed by a cuppa and light lunch catered by Bangalow Lions
2pm: Two-up at the Bangalow Hotel
Murwillumbah
5.20am: Dawn service at the War Memorial
6.15am: Breakfast in the club
10.10am: Assemble for march
10.30am: March commences
10.45am: Anzac Service at the Cenotaph
Casino
5.15am: Fall in at Casino RSM Club for wreath laying
5.25am: March to Mafeking Lamp
5.30am: Dawn service
6.45am: Fall in at Casino & District Memorial Hospital
7.15am: Breakfast at the RSM Club
10am: Assembly at Graham Place for march (rear of Commonwealth Bank)
10.15am: Anzac March commences to RSM Club
Midday: Anzac Day luncheon at RSM Club
5pm: Retreat Ceremony at Mafeking Lamp
Evans Head-Woodburn
5.20am: March from the library to the cenotaph followed by a Dawn Service then a breakfast at the Evans Head-Woodburn RSL Club
9am: Service at the Evans Head War cemetery
10am: Form up at the Woodburn Post office and march along the Pacific Highway to the Memorial for a service
11.35am: Back at Evans Head and march to the club
Rappville
5.20am: Gather at memorial
5.30am: Dawn service
6-7am: Breakfast at the Rappville Pub
10.20am: Assemble at Post Office
10.30am: Anzac Day March
10.35am: Anzac Day Service
12-2pm: Luncheon at the Rappville Pub
2pm: One Voice Richmond Valley Community Choir
Mummulgum
5.25am: Mummulgum will be holding an Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Mummulgum Public School
Kyogle
5.30am: Dawn service at the Cenotaph
10.15am: Assemble for march
10.30am: March from the Memorial Baths to the Kyogle Memorial Institute
11am: Anzac Commemoration at the Memorial Institute
11.30am: Wreath Laying Service at the Cenotaph
Bonalbo
5.30am: Dawn service at the Cenotaph followed by breakfast
9.30am: CWA service at Old Bonalbo Soldiers Memorial Hall
11am: Anzac commemoration service
Clunes
9am: Anzac commemoration service at the Village Park
Drake
9am: Dawn service in the Drake Community Hall followed by breakfast
Lismore
5am: Dawn service at the Lismore Memorial on Molesworth St
7am: Cemetery Parade to gather in foyer Lismore and District Workers' Club
8.30am: Form up for march
9am: March from Browns Creek Car Park to the Lismore War Memorial at the Memorial Baths for Anzac service.
Nimbin
5.15am: Dawn service at the Cenotaph
10.50am: Assemble for the Anzac commemoration service while march to form up at the Nimbin Hospital at 10.40am
Tenterfield
5.30am: Dawn service at Tenterfield Memorial Hall followed by a service at the Tenterfield Cemetery
6.30am: Gunfire Breakfast at Tenterfield Memorial Hall (RSL Pavilion)
10.30am: Anzac Day March from Telegraph Hotel to the Tenterfield Memorial Hall
11am: Commemoration service at Tenterfield Memorial Hall
12.30pm: Luncheon at the Tenterfield Bowling Club
1.30pm: Two-up at the Royal Hotel
Tyalgum
5.15am: Dawn service at the Memorial, followed by breakfast in the hotel
Uki
4.20am: Dawn service at the War Memorial followed by breakfast in the Hall
Urbenville
9.30am: Church service at St Mark's Anzac Memorial Church
10.45am: March from outside Memorial Hall to the Memorial Gates at the Showground
11am: Anzac Service at Memorial Gates
Woodenbong
10.30am: March from the NAB to the Woodenbong Public Hall followed by the Anzac Service, followed by a march from the hall to the Lest We Forget Gates for a wreath laying service