VOLUNTEERS have erected a new flagpole outside Boort Memorial Hall ahead of the Anzac Day commemoration next week.
The hall committee received a Loddon Shire grant for the flagpole that secretary Narelle Vernon says will allow the Australian flag to be flown with greater ease.
“The flag looked great flying from the hall parapet ... a person used to access the flagpole through the roof and then it was up a ladder. Now having a flagpole at ground level, it will be much easier to raise the flag,” she said.
Boort RSL sub-branch’s appeals officer Glenn Hudson will be guest speaker at the town’s Anzac Day service.
A 20-year Naval veteran, Glenn joined the Australian Navy cadets in Mildura as a 15-year-old and later the Royal Australian Navy.
Guest speaker at Inglewood’s Anzac Day service will be Wedderburn College principal Danny Forrest while Serpentine’s Brian Gladman, a member of the Western Front Association, will deliver the address at Rheola.
Wing Commander Stuart Waldron will give a short address at the Wedderburn Dawn service while Charlton’s Jane Burton will speak on the service of her uncle, Sgt Colin Cameron, a member of Z Special Force, at the main service later in the morning.
Following the main service, the RSL rooms will be open for refreshments and the Wedderburn Lions Club will be providing a barbecue lunch.
Newbridge branch of the Country Women’s Association is again organising the town’s commemorative service where Bruce Gallacher is this year’s guest speaker.
Tarnagulla Fire Brigade is co-ordinating the town’s Dawn service and the Korong Vale commemoration will feature stories of local servicemen and servicewomen.