Selwyn Times: April 04, 2018
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34 2 Wednesday [Edition datE] <strong>April</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong><br />
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SELWYN TIMES<br />
dISCOVER<br />
West Melton<br />
community to<br />
mark Anzac Day<br />
The <strong>2018</strong> Anzac Day commemoration in West Melton will again<br />
take place around the War Memorial, which stands in the West<br />
Melton School grounds.<br />
A recent monument in the township, it<br />
was built to mark the Gallipoli centenary in<br />
2015 by teacher Shane Dawson and school<br />
caretaker John Blundell, and is inscribed<br />
with the names of the 38 men from the local<br />
area who died serving in World War One.<br />
The commemoration will start at 10am,<br />
with those wanting to attend advised to<br />
arrive by 9.30am. MC for the event will be<br />
Bruce Russell, the instigator of the memorial<br />
installation, while the head boy and head<br />
girl from West Melton School will give an<br />
address based on what Anzac Day means<br />
to them, and pupils from the school will lay<br />
poppies on the memorial.<br />
Music to mark the day will be presented,<br />
with Leigh Walters again playing the<br />
trumpet. This year, as has been the custom<br />
in West Melton, the WWI tradition of a lone<br />
piper playing the lament will be brought<br />
back.<br />
Six soldiers from Burnham Military<br />
Camp will represent the Defence Force, and<br />
there will also be representatives from the<br />
Templeton RSA, who asked to attend this<br />
year’s service.<br />
Councillors from the <strong>Selwyn</strong> Ward will be<br />
there, as well as people from as far afield as<br />
Ashburton, who will come in recognition of<br />
their relatives who lived locally, and served<br />
in the War.<br />
Bruce says the West Melton Residents<br />
Association and the school are very<br />
supportive of the event, and he is confident<br />
it will be as successful as last year’s, when<br />
250-300 people attended. After the service<br />
morning tea will be served.<br />
“A very warm welcome is extended to all.”<br />
Scenes from a previous commemoration at West Melton<br />
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