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Landscape Supply
2 Seventh Street, Murray Bridge
Brinkley Road, Murray Bridge
Phone 8539 1100
Phone 8532 1555
Australian Air Force Cadets 622 Squadron, Murray Bridge
Phone 0417 867 697
Tailem Bend Bakery 61 Railway Terrace, Tailem Bend
Phone 8572 3603
Dynamic Dredging www.dynamicdredging.com.au
Phone 8569 2136
Murray Bridge Ice Works 98 Hindmarsh Road, Murray Bridge
P. 8532 5714 or 0438 720 593
The Salvation Army Fourth Street, Murray Bridge
Phone 8531 1133
McCue’s Bakery www.mccuesbakery.com.au Phone 8532 2111
Daish Irrigation 151 Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 2711
Jacksons Australia Phone 8531 2700
Remember those who went before
ANZAC DAY SERVICES SUNDAY, APRIL 22 SERVICES Karoonda Anzac Memorial Service Sunday, April 22, 7am Memorial Gates, Karoonda Oval Murray Bridge Anzac Memorial Service Sunday, April 22, 3pm Murray Bridge Cemetery Mypolonga Anzac Commemorative Service Sunday, April 22, 11am Mypolonga RSL - followed by lunch at the clubrooms Macclesfield Anzac Twilight Commemorative Service Sunday, April 22, 6pm Macclesfield War Memorial at RSL - followed by a barbecue for a donation ANZAC DAY, APRIL 25 SERVICES Mannum Anzac Dawn Service Wednesday, April 25, 6am War Memorial on Randell Street - followed by a breakfast at Mannum Community Club for a gold coin donation Bowhill Anzac Dawn Service Wednesday, April 25, 6.30am Bowhill Boat Ramp - followed by breakfast at the Bowhill Community Centre for a donation Meningie Anzac Dawn Service Wednesday, April 25, 6.15am War Memorial, Princes Highway - followed by breakfast at the RSL clubrooms for a gold coin donation Murray Bridge Anzac Dawn Service Wednesday, April 25, 6.15am Diamond Park Memorial - March participants to assemble in front of town hall at 6am; followed by a breakfast at the RSL clubrooms for a gold coin donation Palmer Anzac Dawn Service Wednesday, April 25, 6.30am Collier Park Memorial Gates, Palmer - followed by a barbecue breakfast for a gold coin donation Tailem Bend Anzac Dawn Service Wednesday, April 25, 6.15am War Memorial, opposite Coorong council office - followed by a gunfire breakfast at the RSL hall for a donation Wellington Anzac Dawn Service Wednesday, April 25, 6.30am Wellington Hall - followed by a gunfire breakfast for a donation
Murray Mallee Aged Care Group Inc 2A Myall Avenue, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 2255
Beauchamp’s Shoe Store 58 Bridge Street, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 2885
AJ’s Homestore
Times are changing: Bob Lloyd says public perception of Vietnam veterans has changed over the years.
FOR Bob Lloyd, as for any returned service personnel, Anzac Day is unlike any other day. It is an occasion at which he remembers the mates he lost in Vietnam and the service men and women who perished in previous wars or other conflicts since. “It is full on for a couple of hours, but it is good to have a day to remember,” he said. “I usually go down to Adelaide for Vietnam Veterans Day, but Anzac Day is the main one.” Mr Lloyd has served as the secretary and treasurer of the Meningie sub-branch of the Returned and Services League for more than 30 years. Although he leaves the organisation of the Anzac Day ceremony to president Bob Lewis, he has been pleased to see schoolchildren bolster the number of people in attendance at services in recent years. “Last year we got close to 200,” he said. “Over the past five or six years it has been gradually increasing.” With the passage of time, the baton has begun to be passed from the veterans of World War II to those who
Historic day from humble beginnings In 1915, Australia and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula to open the way to the Black Sea for the allied navy. They landed at Gallipoli on April 25, meeting fierce resistance from the Turkish defenders. What was planned to be a bold strike quickly became an eightmonth stalemate in which more than 8000 Australian soldiers were killed.
Although the campaign failed in its objectives, the actions of those who served bequeathed a powerful legacy. Anzac Day was officially named in 1916 and was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia, a march through London and a sports day in the Australian camp in Egypt. Marches were also held right across Australia. For the remaining years of the war, Anzac Day was used as an
occasion for patriotic rallies and recruiting campaigns and parades of members of the AIF were held in most capital cities. During the 1920s, Anzac Day was established as a national day of commemoration for the 60,000 Australians who died during the war. The first year in which all states observed some form of public holiday together on Anzac Day was 1927. By the mid 1930s all the rituals
associated with Anzac Day were firmly established as part of the day’s ceremonies. With the coming of the Second World War, Anzac Day was also used to also commemorate the lives of Australians lost in that war. In subsequent years the meaning of the day has been broadened to include Australians killed in all military operations in which the country has been involved.
STUDENTS from Meningie and Coomandook will travel to the battlefields of World War I in November to commemorate the locals who made the same journey a century ago. The Connecting Spirits trip will be a journey of remembrance centred on individual soldiers from the families or communities of the students who are taking part. Students will visit cemeteries, memorials and battlefields in France and Belgium. Similar trips were organised in 2006, 2008 and 2010, but this will be the first to
involve children from Coomandook. Meningie student Alysha Eckert will be following in the footsteps of Albert Charles Hunter, who was born in Wellington around 1881 and attended Meningie Public School. He was killed in May 1917 and buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension in France. - Details: Anyone with further information about Mr Hunter’s life can call Alysha on 8573 7084, email her at d.Eckert@internote.on.net or write to PO Box 266, Meningie SA 5264.
Unity College 45 Owl Drive, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 0100 Daishsat Geodetic Surveyors www.daishsat.com Phone 8531 0349
Murray Bridge Car & 4WD 102 Eleanor Terrace, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 6055
Brutforce Powdercoating Lot 374b Netley Rd, Murray Bridge
A TRIBUTE TO ANZAC DAY
Phone 0411 222 173
a poem by Ken Bunker With their hair a little whiter, their step not quite so sure Still they march on proudly as they did the year before. Theirs were the hands that saved us, their courage showed the way Their lives they laid down for us, that we may live today. From Gallipoli's rugged hillsides, to the sands of Alamein On rolling seas and in the skies, those memories will remain. Of airmen and the sailors, of Lone Pine and Suvla Bay The boys of the Dardenelles are remembered on this day. They fought their way through jungles, their blood soaked desert sands They still remember comrades who rest in foreign lands. They remember the siege of old Tobruk, the mud of the Kokoda Trail Some paying the supreme sacrifice with courage that did not fail. To the icy land of Korea, the steamy jungles of Vietnam And the heroic battle of Kapyong and that epic victory at Long Tan. Fathers, sons and brothers, together they fought and died That we may live in peace together, while at home their mothers cried. When that final bugle calls them to cross that great divide Those comrades will be waiting when they reach the other side.
Mannum Newsagency 77 Randell Street, Mannum
Phone 8569 1028
DS Fire and
Security Murray Bridge
Phone 0419 677 727
Murraylands Fire & Safety 129 Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge
Phone 8531 2601
MP Connolly Electrical 18 Ramm Road, Mannum
Phone 0422 329 942
Cool Car Hire www.coolcarhire.com.au
Phone 0419 862 043
Solar Depot www.solardepot.com.au
Phone 8382 7555
Superior Auto Care
Wise Crash Repairs Wyreema Street, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 4583
Development Answers Pty Ltd
Phone 8531 3299
Eastside Bearing & Brake Supplies
Murray Bridge High School
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Lohmann Street, Murray Bridge
Phone 8531 1600
Phone 8532 8000
Phone 8532 4583
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Morcs Machinery
Topsy Turvy Child Care 1 Prosser Terrace, Murray Bridge
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Lincoln Road, Murray Bridge Ph 0413 041 890 or 0422 416 469
Bug-A-Lugs Baby Store
Wittwer Motors
Cypress Terrace, Murray Bridge
12a Chris Collins Crt, Murray Bridge
Shop B1, Mt Barker Homemaker Centre
10 Hill Street, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 2377
Phone 0406 622 988
Phone 8398 3521
Phone 8532 1960
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went to Vietnam and other conflicts. Mr Lloyd said fortunately the public’s perception of Vietnam veterans had changed over the years, since receiving a cold reception upon their arrival home. “It would have been 30 years before we started getting much recognition,” he said. “Only in the past 10 years have things started getting normal. “It wasn’t too bad out in the country - the smaller RSLs were more willing, but the larger ones just didn’t want to know you.” But he thought his was not the first generation of veterans to experience such discrimination after war. “I think it was even the same in World War II - a lot of them weren’t recognised for a while from the First World War,” he said. “There wasn’t that mentality. “Then all the other conflicts like Borneo weren’t recognised for a long time as well. “But being out in the country, we welcome anyone, wherever they’ve been. “When they come back from Afghanistan, they’re recognised fairly well.”
Region’s students will visit battlefields
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Murraylands Christian College
Phone 8532 1788
Bridge Auto Spark
Murray Bridge
136 Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge
141 Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge
Phone 0407 601 736
Phone 8531 3411
Phone 8532 1941
Murray Bridge Newsagency & Toyworld
Murray Bridge Pizza House
Madec Employment and Training
29 Bridge Street, Murray Bridge
57 Bridge Street, Murray Bridge
8-12 Bridge Street, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 1111
Phone 131 PIZZA or 8532 1782
Phone 8531 3520
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Ryan James Mitchell Afghanistan Captain 2nd Battalion 3rd Mentoring Task Force Always a cheerful smile, wicked sense of humour & commanding presence. So very proud of our young hero. Thankyou.
George Alexander Crowley World War 2 Sergeant 3rd NG1B Dad, you gave your youth for this country. Fondly remembered on this and every Anzac Day. Your loving son, Peter
Maxwell Hauber World War 2 Aircraftsman 9th Squadron RAAF
Served in Darwin enlisted 1942. 17 years old & discharged in 1946.
Anthony Hauber World War 1 & 2 Private 2426 48th Battalion Enlisted in 1916, 18 years old. Served overseas, wounded twice. Returned home 1919 Served in Australia Home Guard 1942
Leslie Barclay Polkinghorne World War II Corporal SX3911 2/27th Battalion Les enlisted at Karoonda, served in the Middle East, Kokoda Track, killed Gona 1/12/42, buried Bomana War Cemetery, PNG.
Hero in war and on water BEFORE anyone had ever spoken the word Anzac, young Australians were setting out for far away lands in defence of the Queen and Empire. One such young man from Tasmania - who would later etch his name forever into Murray Bridge’s history - was a part of Australia’s first foray into an international conflict, 15 years before the Anzac legend would be born on the beaches of Gallipoli. Private Edmund Higgs, at the age of 20, volunteered to join the Second Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen at the turn of the century, when the six Australian colonies joined Great Britain to fight the Second Boer War in South Africa. The keen young rower had grown tired of working for little more than his keep in a Tasmanian mill and boarded a ship bound for Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on Wednesday, March 27, 1901. His mission would be to help the British Empire retain control of its African interests in the face of a rising independence movement led by two Boer Republics. The conflict dragged out into a series of open battles and guerilla conflicts that are still the subject of heated debates more than a
century later. Private Higgs was part of a light cavalry unit that soonsaw action against the soldiers of the Transvaal Republic and he and his comrades distinguished themselves in the same fashion as the Diggers who would follow them abroad more than a decade later. He was one of 836 Tasmanians to join to war. Estimates of the number of Australians to enter the war range up to 16,000, but the real number is still the subject of historical debate. By the time Private Higgs returned to Australia in 1903, 19 of the Tasmanian contingent had died, but he had learned valuable lessons about the nature of camaraderie and leadership that would help him in the next phase of his life. Bored with life in Tasmania, he set his sights on the mainland and headed for the Victorian gold fields, where he worked until the gold ran out. On route to find work in Kalgoorlie, Mr Higgs caught a glimpse of the River Murray and went for a closer look. As luck would have it the young man, who built a passion for the sport of rowing back in Tasmania, found a frustrated Murray Bridge Rowing Club crew who had planned to train but
Fond memories, nieces, nephews and families.
Wal’s Bakery
John James Cowland The Great European War 1914-1918 Private 32nd Battalion AIF He gave his life for the Empire. Killed in action in France on July 19th 1916. Aged 22 years
21 Seventh Street, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 5544
Bridge Tyre Service 127 Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 3255
Cobra Onsite Doors
Rivercity Sheds
Mobile Service - We Come To You
100-106 Maurice Rd, Murray Bridge
P: 0419 805 196 or 8532 5061
Phone 8532 4343
Kuchel Engineering
Murray Bridge North Schools
Before the Anzacs: Private Edmund "Ted" Higgs gained fame as the coach of the champion Murray Cods rowing squad after returning to Australia from the Boer War.
couldn’t for want of a cox. Ted Higgs volunteered to fill the gap and so impressed the team they begged him to remain in town. The club found him a job and lodgings and Mr Higgs agreed to stay. He settled permanently in the town and married Pearl Palmer on February 28, 1913. He became such an important part of the rowing club that he took over coaching duties for the next four decades. He coached teams to victories in the King’s Cup in 1920, 1922 and 1923. In one of the most
famous sporting feats in Murray Bridge’s history, Mr Higgs and the rowing team that would become known to history as the Murray Cods, set out for the Olympic Games in 1924. He accompanied Herbert Graetz, Frank and Robert Cummings, Arthur Scott, Wally Pfeiffer, Alfred Taeuber, Ted Thomas, Wally Jarvis and Bill Sladden an ageing and underfunded team made up of railwaymen, firemen and river boat workers. It was a gallant, yet illfated voyage which saw the team come painfully close to securing an Olympic medal.
Brooks Cycle Depot 63 Bridge Street, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 2868
Jacksons 4x4 Accessories 61 Chris Collins Crt, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 2550
Enviro Scrap Metal Recyclists
19-21 Jose Street, Murray Bridge
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Cnr Thomas St & Cypress Tce, Murray Bridge
Phone 8532 2363
Phone 8532 3055
Phone 8532 2477
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With no way to transport their boat, the Cods rowed 60 kilometres to the starting line for the first Olympic heat. It was not to be a successful campaign this time. The squad finished second to Italy in the first heat and third behind Argentina and Belgium in the second. Unfortunately, that meant they had failed to qualify for the finals. Gold medals eventually went to a Yale University side for the United States, Canada took silver and Italy bronze. Although they failed to secure a medal, the Cods’ heroics earned them a place in sporting folklore. Cheering crowds received them upon their return to Adelaide and they were welcomed back to Murray Bridge as heroes.
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