Our Remembrance Day Service for 2021 was held at the Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Tower

 

Order of Service

 

Service to start at 10:30am sharp

All Welcome

WELCOME TO THE ANZAC DAY SERVICE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THE LAND

Master of Ceremonies Neil Marchall, CFA

THE GREETING – Revd Linda Fiske, St Margaret’s Anglican Church, Eltham

“No one has greater love than this, than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

You are my friends’, says the Lord. If you do what I command you.” John 15.13-14

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

THE ACT OF REMEMBRANCE – Revd Linda Fiske, St Margaret’s Anglican Church, Eltham

“Today we remember with thanksgiving those who made the supreme sacrifice in times of war.

We pray that the offering of their lives may not have been in vain.

Today we dedicate ourselves to the cause of justice, freedom and peace, and pray for the wisdom and strength to build a better world.”

THE ODE OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE FALLEN (1914)

Robert Laurence Bunyon (1869 – 1943)

Led by John Cowan – Former Corporal, 126 Signals Squadron, 1 Commando Regiment, Member Melbourne RSL

(Said by Everyone)

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old,

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn;

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

LAST POST

SILENCE 1 MINUTE

LEST WE FORGET (Said by Everyone)

ROUSE & Flag raised to top of mast

Flag at top 11.00am

REMEMBRANCE DAY PRAYER – Glen Ferrarotto, Montmorency-Eltham RSL

LAYING OF WREATHS – “Amazing Grace” Piper, Lachlan Molesworth

POEM – In Flanders’ Fields (John McCrae) Major Terry Phillips (Retired), War Historian

 

CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE OPENING OF THE KANGAROO GROUND MEMORIAL PARK

SPEAKERS

Cindy McLeish, MLA, Member for Eildon

Cr. Peter Perkins, Mayor, Shire of Nillumbik

Ross McDonald, Secretary, Friends of Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park

NATIONAL ANTHEM          ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR

Peter Dodds McCormick (1834-1916)

Australians all let us rejoice,

For we are One and Free;

We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in nature’s gifts

Of beauty rich and rare;

In history’s page, let every stage

Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing

Advance Australia Fair.

END OF SERVICE

Please join us for refreshments