RAYMOND Terrace will commemorate 100 years of Anzac Park’s memorial cenotaph on Remembrance Day.
The cenotaph was unveiled on 11 November 1925, revealing the names of locals who served in World War 1 and the Boer War of 1899-1902.
It cost a total of 379 pounds and was erected using donations from townspeople, returned soldiers and their families.
The Raymond Terrace RSL sub-Branch will mark the 100 years by adding the names of eligible returned service personnel from later conflicts who are not already listed.
Other commemorative events will take place on the day including a Remembrance Day March.
“The march will include ADF and RSL contingents, historic vehicles for veteran transport, schoolchildren with the names of veterans from the conflicts listed on the memorial [and] veterans and relatives,” Judith Schofield from the sub-Branch said.
“There will be some noise from the drum corps, [the] Australian Army Band contingent and the Flypast at 11am, and also the PA systems broadcasting the service.”
The events will kick off at 9:30am and finish around midday.
Raymond Terrace Lions Club will decorate the park with thousands of handcrafted poppies woven into camouflage netting and attached around the park fence line as a tribute to Australia’s armed forces.
The club invites the community to add poppies or deliver poppies they have made themselves on 23 October at MarketPlace.
By Cosette DE LORENZO
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