General News
7 April, 2025
Centuries and Anzac firsts
ANZAC services in four Loddon communities will take on extra significance this month. A dawn service will be held for the first time at the Mysia War Memorial School, built as a memorial to soldiers of World War One after district residents raised...
ANZAC services in four Loddon communities will take on extra significance this month.
A dawn service will be held for the first time at the Mysia War Memorial School, built as a memorial to soldiers of World War One after district residents raised more than 500 pounds.
The school opened in 1921 and closed in the 1970s but remains a hub for the district community.
Boort RSL is supporting the school reserve committee to run the dawn service followed by a gunfire breakfast.
Anzac Day commemorations in Pyramid Hill will mark the centenary of the town’s memorial hall, officially opened on April 22 a century ago by Colonel Geoffrey Hurry, commander of the 38th Battalion in World War One and the federal member for Bendigo from 1922 to 1929.
At Boort, Alan Streader is preparing to play the Last Post again this year.
Sub-branch president Paul Haw said Mr Streader, now in his 100th year, continued to be a loyal participant in Anzac commemorations.
Mr Streader last September marked his 99th birthday.
Wedderburn-Korong Vale sub-branch is finalising preparations for its Anzac Day commemorations,
President Roger Paterson said guest speaker would be Clayton Tremlett who curated the recent exhibition at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance that featured the damaged Korong Vale war memorial statue, dubbed Jack.
The town’s original World War One memorial had to be replaced when it snapped near the soldier’s feet and has since been part of Clayton’s touring exhibitions.