Creswick Remembrance Day Services
1951
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1952
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6 November 1953
REMEBRANCE DAY-Residents of Creswick shire are invited to join in the commemoration service for Remembrance Day on Wednesday, November 11.
Members of district branches of R.S.L., Guides, Scouts and school children are asked to form up in their groups at the monument (at the intersection of Raglan and Albert streets by 10.45 am.)
After a short address, wreaths will be placed on the monument.
13 November 1953
THEY REMEMBERED THOSE WHO PAID THE SACRIFICE-A small group of people from Creswick and Newlyn and the scholars of Creswick State school gathered on Wednesday morning at the war memorial column to remember the nation’s dead, this community’s own dead, who paid the supreme sacrifice in war that the nation might have freedom.
It used to be called Armistice Day, this annual pause to remember on November 11.
For the 11th hour on November 11, 1918, marked the armistice which ended the first world war. Then came World War II and the Korean war and the November 11 ceremony brings all those in as Remembrance Day.
At the Creswick commemoration, Cr. E. A. Pearce represented the Shire President and spoke of the significance of the gathering.
“Today,” he said, “we remember and pay homage to those who did not return from the Great War which ended on this day 35 years ago;
“We remember, also, those who laid down their lives in war of 1939-45 and more recently in Korea.”
This day in 1953 has more than usual significance because it is the first Remembrance Day since the cessation of hostilities in Korea, where Australia, with other members of the British Empire and the United Nations paid the price of resisting an aggressor with the precious lives and blood of the young manhood of these countries.
“Today, more than any other day, we call to mind the sacrifices of these citizens,” said Cr. Pearce.
“We realize,” he said, “that because of their sacrifice, we enjoy freedom in the British Empire.
“The coming visit of our Queen, to which all these children here are looking forward, is possible only through the sacrifices we commemorate today.
“It is, therefore, up to us, who enjoy the freedom, to be grateful in our solemn remembrance of those who gave their lives for all of us.”
Wreaths were laid upon the column on behalf of the Shire Council, Creswick R.S.L., Newlyn R.S.L., Creswick R.S.L. Auxiliary, Newlyn R.S.L. Auxiliary, Creswick Red cress and Creswick State School.
The timing was excellent-this ceremony was completed just before the siren on the fire tower nearby announced to the town the start of the two minutes silence.
To radio listeners, it synchronised with the passage of the shaft of light on to the Rock of Remembrance in the Shrine and with the signal for silence in Melbourne and coincided with the closing of the period of silence there.
And at the close of the commemorative silence, the President of Newlyn R.S.L. (Mr. H. R. Taylor) recited a verse from the “Ode to the Fallen.”
REMEBRANCE DAY-Residents of Creswick shire are invited to join in the commemoration service for Remembrance Day on Wednesday, November 11.
Members of district branches of R.S.L., Guides, Scouts and school children are asked to form up in their groups at the monument (at the intersection of Raglan and Albert streets by 10.45 am.)
After a short address, wreaths will be placed on the monument.
13 November 1953
THEY REMEMBERED THOSE WHO PAID THE SACRIFICE-A small group of people from Creswick and Newlyn and the scholars of Creswick State school gathered on Wednesday morning at the war memorial column to remember the nation’s dead, this community’s own dead, who paid the supreme sacrifice in war that the nation might have freedom.
It used to be called Armistice Day, this annual pause to remember on November 11.
For the 11th hour on November 11, 1918, marked the armistice which ended the first world war. Then came World War II and the Korean war and the November 11 ceremony brings all those in as Remembrance Day.
At the Creswick commemoration, Cr. E. A. Pearce represented the Shire President and spoke of the significance of the gathering.
“Today,” he said, “we remember and pay homage to those who did not return from the Great War which ended on this day 35 years ago;
“We remember, also, those who laid down their lives in war of 1939-45 and more recently in Korea.”
This day in 1953 has more than usual significance because it is the first Remembrance Day since the cessation of hostilities in Korea, where Australia, with other members of the British Empire and the United Nations paid the price of resisting an aggressor with the precious lives and blood of the young manhood of these countries.
“Today, more than any other day, we call to mind the sacrifices of these citizens,” said Cr. Pearce.
“We realize,” he said, “that because of their sacrifice, we enjoy freedom in the British Empire.
“The coming visit of our Queen, to which all these children here are looking forward, is possible only through the sacrifices we commemorate today.
“It is, therefore, up to us, who enjoy the freedom, to be grateful in our solemn remembrance of those who gave their lives for all of us.”
Wreaths were laid upon the column on behalf of the Shire Council, Creswick R.S.L., Newlyn R.S.L., Creswick R.S.L. Auxiliary, Newlyn R.S.L. Auxiliary, Creswick Red cress and Creswick State School.
The timing was excellent-this ceremony was completed just before the siren on the fire tower nearby announced to the town the start of the two minutes silence.
To radio listeners, it synchronised with the passage of the shaft of light on to the Rock of Remembrance in the Shrine and with the signal for silence in Melbourne and coincided with the closing of the period of silence there.
And at the close of the commemorative silence, the President of Newlyn R.S.L. (Mr. H. R. Taylor) recited a verse from the “Ode to the Fallen.”
13 November 1954
Remembrance Stressed At Memorial Service
Remembrance is the keynote of this gathering, said the Shire President, Cr. W. T. Barry, when children from the schools, representatives of the Shire Council, RSL and a few other members of the public met at the memorial column at Creswick yesterday for Remembrance Day.
Speaking principally to the big assemblage of children, Cr. Barry said “Your parents and the older folk will know more about this day than you do.
“They will remember that 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 when the armistice brought an end to the fighting in the first World War.
“Today, around the world, in cities, towns, small villages and even on the farms, we pause at the 11th hour to remember those who died in the war of 1914-18 and the war of 1939-45. we pause to say those three words……. ‘Lest We Forget.’
“Here, at the moment, you stand in front of tablets which recall the names of those who lost their lives for our sake, you see the flags at half mast as a symbol that we mourn the loss of those men. As the 11th hour passes, the flags will be raised to signify that we can take joy in the fact that their sacrifice enables us to live under that flag which gives us so much freedom.”
Cr Barry placed a wreath on the memorial on behalf of the people of the shire and other wreaths were placed by representatives of Creswick RSL, Newlyn RSL, Creswick RSL’s Auxiliary and Newlyn RSL’s Auxiliary, Creswick Red Cross, Creswick State School and St. Augustine’s School.
Remembrance Stressed At Memorial Service
Remembrance is the keynote of this gathering, said the Shire President, Cr. W. T. Barry, when children from the schools, representatives of the Shire Council, RSL and a few other members of the public met at the memorial column at Creswick yesterday for Remembrance Day.
Speaking principally to the big assemblage of children, Cr. Barry said “Your parents and the older folk will know more about this day than you do.
“They will remember that 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 when the armistice brought an end to the fighting in the first World War.
“Today, around the world, in cities, towns, small villages and even on the farms, we pause at the 11th hour to remember those who died in the war of 1914-18 and the war of 1939-45. we pause to say those three words……. ‘Lest We Forget.’
“Here, at the moment, you stand in front of tablets which recall the names of those who lost their lives for our sake, you see the flags at half mast as a symbol that we mourn the loss of those men. As the 11th hour passes, the flags will be raised to signify that we can take joy in the fact that their sacrifice enables us to live under that flag which gives us so much freedom.”
Cr Barry placed a wreath on the memorial on behalf of the people of the shire and other wreaths were placed by representatives of Creswick RSL, Newlyn RSL, Creswick RSL’s Auxiliary and Newlyn RSL’s Auxiliary, Creswick Red Cross, Creswick State School and St. Augustine’s School.
1955
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