Remembrance Day 2019

Remembrance Day 2019
At
Mologa

Invitation to all communities and descendants of our
soldiers to join with the Mologa and District Landcare
Group in commemorating our war heroes on this
Remembrance Day at the Mologa War Memorial,
service commences at 10.40 am.
Today, 101 years later, after the guns fell silent and the
First World War, the Great War, finished, we give
thanks to all soldiers who sacrificed their lives for us so
that we can live in peace.
The commemoration of Remembrance Day requires
that we tell the stories of those who served, many of
whom never returned.
All descendants are asked to bring along any war
medals and photos they may have for a display of
memorabilia (medals, uniforms and certificates).
A warm invitation is extended to all to stay and enjoy a
chat and the BBQ
Bill Boyd
President
Mologa and District
Landcare Group
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Order of Service
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2019
at Mologa
Welcome address and introduction of
MC
Reverend
Pam Lawry
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Would you sing with me
Abide with me
Hymn
Abide with me
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide;
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless. Oh, abide with me.
Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joy grow dim, its glory pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see –
Though who changest not, abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom and point me to the Skies;
Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain Shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
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Prayer
Prayer of Remembrance
Today we remember with thanksgiving those who made
the supreme sacrifice for us in time 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 for the wisdom and strength to
build a better world.
Let’s all join together in saying
The Lord’s Prayer
Our father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy Kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen
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In Flanders field by Lieutenant –
Colonel John McCrea
In Flanders fields the poppy grow
between the crosses, row on row
that mark our place; and in the sky
the larks, still bravely singing, fly
scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from filing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
The Distribution of the Poppies
Wreath Laying
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The Ode from the poem “For the Fallen,”
By Laurence Binyon
They shall grow not 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.
The Last Post
We pause in silence, to remember
Rouse
National Anthem
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth to 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! 7

Reading of an Essay from 1932 with the subject
THE POPPY
RESULTS OF Essay Competition
Conducted by Morwell
Branch R.S.S.I.L.A.
November 1932
The following is the winning essay prize-winners in
connection with the Statewide competition conducted
by Morwell Branch of R.S.S.I.L.A.
Subject: - “The Poppy – the emblem of wartime
sacrifice, and what we owe to those who Fell.” Possible
marks 75
1 st Prize – Queenie Bolding, age 11 years, 11 month,
Hazelwood North State School; 58 marks.
Judges: - Mr. H. W. Gay, Morwell and Mr. D. Lisdany,
H.T. Higher Elementary School, Traralgon.
The winning essay is as follows: -
The scarlet poppy burns again
The tender grasses wave,
The bitter almonds shed their leaves,
On many a nameless grave.
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Poppies are sold on Armistice Day each year and the
proceeds given to the Red Cross. The reason for selling
poppies is that the battle fields in Flanders, where so
many gallant men lost their lives, were covered with
poppies. The scarlet of the poppies signifies the blood
that was shed. We, who live in a time of peace can hardly
realise the horrors and suffering of war. War is the most
terrible, appalling, wicket thing imaginable, and it is hard
to realise that human nature could be so capable of such
cruel deeds as the Germans committed in Belgium under
the name of war. We owe a huge debt to the soldiers,
especially to those who fell.
“The bugles of England were blowing
o’er the sea,
as they had called a thousand years
calling now me;
They wake me from dreaming in the
Dawning of the day.
The bugles from England – and how could
I stay.”
Our country was calling for help, and the gallant men of
Australia responded voluntarily and none were too old
to help in that great sacrifice. They endure the horror of
war in a magnificent, determined, and unselfish way and
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so became the pride of our country. We must not ignore
the dangers and hardships they faced at Gallipoli.
“They went with songs to battle,
They fell with their faces to the foe.”
We must not forget the mothers, sisters and wives of
those noble men. How hard it must have been when they
were saying good-bye to know that perhaps it was
forever. They, as well as their men paid the prize of
victory, and will always mourn the loss of those who
sleep beyond the foam. Our country has been given into
the hands of the younger generations and it is our duty
to be good citizens.
The soldiers made Australia a free country. Imagine
Australia ruled by the Germans! To do our duty we must
be fit in body, mind and soul. We can never replace the
sixty thousand men who fell, though the money and
material used can be replaced.
“Those dead would be remembered
Evermore
The valiant dead that grazed upon the
Skies
And slept in great battalions by the
Shore.”
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The League of Nations is now aiming at universal peace
by settling arguments at their Conference in Geneva,
because a future war would be much worse than the last
because of the new inventions and discoveries in the way
of machineries and gases.
We keep it fresh in the memories of the children by
commemorating Anzac Day each year and celebrating
Armistice Day. Then there are honor rolls in most
schools, churches and halls with stars against the names
of those who paid the supreme sacrifice.
“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 shall remember them.”
By reading about the soldiers and their brave deeds, we
are encouraged to follow their example of courage and
patriotism and so improve our characters. Surely there is
no one with soul so dead that he takes no pride in his
country. We must all try to make our native land not so
good as, but better than any other country in the world.
We must all be nation builders by obeying the laws and
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deserving to be free so that the British Empire may be a
blessing to all the people on earth. By keeping in mind
the things mentioned above, the children are taught to
love and serve their country and our boy’s great
achievement in the world war will not have been in vain.
What a pathetic sight it is to see those cripples at the
Caulfield Hospital – men without arms, without legs or
maimed in body and mind. If the League of Nations is
successful in abolishing war, there will be none of these
cripples in future.
After all, war is barbarities, though fair according to the
law of war, is a setback to any nation, as it means the loss
of the very best men a country has produced. Let us hope
in the future that we have peace.
“Peace! No longer from its brazen
portals,
The blast of war’s great organ shakes
the skies;
But, beautiful as songs of the immortals,
The holy melodies of love arise.”
R.S.S.I.L.A. = Returned Sailor’s & Soldier’s Imperial
League of Australia
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Prayer
God bless Australia
Guard our people
Guide our leaders
And give us peace
And peace to those who laid down their lives
To defend our Nation
We remember their courage and sacrifice
With thanks for freedom we enjoy
In the name of Jesus we pray.
Amen
Blessing
And may the peace of God which passes all
understanding, keep our hearts in love and joy of the
Lord. Amen
A warm invitation is extended to all to stay and enjoy the
BBQ.
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This is the Poppy from the British Legion in 1921
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Picture on frontpage is from the
Moina Michael Poppy Project
Title:
A dream worth believing
Mologa and District
Landcare Group
http://www.mologalandcare.com
memories@mologlandcare.com
November 2019