Up to 2000 people gathered in Taree to attend the Anzac Commemoration Service. All eyes turned to the sky as a 76 Squadron Hawk jet flew above Victoria Street.
Taree High School students Cam Le Messurier and Quinn Patch cast a spotlight on “the cost of war and the need for talks of peace and harmony” in the Anzac Day commemoration address in Taree.
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The Digger statues created by Toowoomba stonemasons J H Wager and Sons featured in the Anzac dawn and commemoration services at Taree Memorial Clock.
They gave life to The Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, with Cam declaring the battle “epitomizes the extraordinary bravery of the soldiers who refused to give in despite insurmountable odds.”
“You may well ask why should we celebrate a campaign where over 500,000 people died and the objectives were not obtained and where 38,000 Australians were killed or wounded, when 19,000 bodies were never identified and 42,000 bodies were never recovered as they were blown to pieces or drowned in the mud,” Quinn said.
Students Cam Le Messurier and Quinn Patch deliver the commemoration address.
