Eumundi Rotar y shar ing the voices of Eumundi and sur round s Issue 33, Thursday 18 November 2021
Eumundi remembers Eumundi’s November 11 Remembrance Day service was held under the fig trees in Memorial Dr, to remind us of the sacrifice of our soldiers in the Great War 1914-1918 and in all conflicts since. Eumundi community representative Bob Ward led the commemoration. Members of the public and representatives of Eumundi’s school, social, business and service groups laid floral tributes to the fallen. A special guest was Afghan veteran Zachary Travers. Following the service, morning tea was served in the School of Arts Hall, courtesy of Eumundi Historical Assn (EHA). While we may not have a direct memory of the
Ret. RAAF service men (from left) Mark Lloyd, Air Marshal Geoffrey David Shepherd AO, Geoff Dittmar & Greg Ison conflict of that war, wearing a red poppy is a symbol to help remember those who suffered as a result or who never came home. Images of the horrendous conditions of trench warfare and connotations of place names such as Ypres and the Battle of Passchendaele, Fromelles on the Somme and the water-logged fields at Flanders should never be forgotten. “On 11 November 1918 peace was finally declared. During the four years of the war more than 420,000 Australians volunteered for the AIF, the Navy and the Nursing Corps and 60,000 died serving their country.” (National Museum of Australia). Cont. pg 8.
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