Pittwater Life April 2019 Issue

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Guide to 2019 ANZAC Day services
Pittwater RSL
Sunday April 14
ANZAC Sunday March and Service
– The March will commence
in Vineyard Street Mona Vale.
Attendees are asked to assemble
and form up on Vineyard Street
at the rear of the Police Station
at 12.20pm and commence in
March order at 12.30pm. The
Commemoration Service and
Wreath laying Ceremony will
take place at the Mona Vale War
Memorial at 1pm.
Thursday April 25
ANZAC Day Dawn Service –
Dawn Service from 5.30am at
the Cenotaph located at the rear
of the Pittwater RSL Club. The
Members will assemble for
the March in the undercover
Disabled Car Park at 5.20am
and the March will commence
at 5.30am. Breakfast will be
available to purchase in the Club
after the service (a large turnout
is expected again this year). Wet
weather alternatives have been
arranged, please contact Pittwater
RSL Club on 9997 3833.
Avalon Beach RSL
Thursday April 25
March and Services – The Club
will host a Dawn Service at
5.30am at the Club’s Cenotaph
in Dunbar Park. All welcome;
followed by a gold coin donation
and breakfast at Avalon
Beach RSL Club. Participants
in the March are asked to
gather outside Avalon Public
School at 10.30am with the
Commemoration Service at
Dunbar Park around 11am. All
welcome. Traditional Two-up
commences 12 noon, held
in the Surf Lounge at Avalon
Beach RSL Club (18+ only).
Palm Beach RSL
Thursday April 25
ANZAC Day March & Service
– The sub-branch urges
attendees to meet in Pittwater
Park at 10.30am; the march to
Club Palm Beach commences
10.45am. A commemorative
service will be conducted
outside the Club at 11am. The
Members and ticket-holders
lunch will start at 12 noon,
when the Club will also be
opened to the public (18+ only).
Traditional Two-up starts at
2pm.
Newport
Thursday April 25
Last year, when a couple of old
friends from Newport finally
bought their dream of an Anzac
Day Dawn Service back to
the Newport Cenotaph, they
counted on their families and
a few friends to attend. When
over 800 people of all ages
packed the Cenotaph in Trafalgar
Park, they knew that it
was a tradition the community
clearly wanted to continue. The
last time that an Anzac Day
service was held in the park
was in 1966.
The Newport Anzac Day
Dawn Service from 5.30am
will commence to the haunting
sounds of a young bagpiper
playing Flowers in the Forest,
followed by a commemoration
service and local children reading
the prayers and playing the
Last Post. Local community
groups and families are invited
to lay wreaths.
There will be a community
gathering at the Newport
Bowling Club from 12 noon to
which everyone is invited.
RSL Lifecare
Thursday April 25
The War Vets Dawn Service –
The ANZAC Address will be
given by Brigadier Allan Murray
CSM (Ret’d); it commences
6am, Cenotaph, 90 Veterans
Parade Narrabeen (with road
closure around vicinity from
5:15am). All are invited to
share in their free community
breakfast (sausage sandwich)
following the Dawn Service.
Narrabeen RSL
Sunday April 14
ANZAC Sunday March – Participants
in the annual ANZAC
22 APRIL 2019
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