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Brett MacDonald was the master of ceremony throughout the service.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re assembled here this morning to again honour the memories of the people and the sacrifices they have made in service of our nation,\u201d said Mr MacDonald.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts are also with those who are currently on active service.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnzac Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915, it\u2019s the day on which we remember all Australians who served and died in war and on operational service.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe spirit of Anzac, with its qualities of courage, mateship and sacrifice, continues to have meaning and relevance for our sense of national identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anglican Bishop of Ballarat, Garry Weatherall, then led a dawn service remembrance prayer.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday as we gather as people of many different faiths or of no faith, we come with a common purpose of honouring those who gave their lives in the service of our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The ritual segment of the service followed the prayer and included the reading of the ode, the Last Post, a minute\u2019s silence and the National Anthem.<\/p>\n
The service ended with the dismounting of the catafalque party.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important we keep having an Anzac Day service to keep the legacy up and to respect the sacrifices that our troops, nurses and animals went through,\u201d said Mr Douglass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MANY people were awake early Tuesday morning as they gathered to remember the sacrifices made by our military personnel. The Anzac Day Dawn Service commenced at 6am at the Ballarat Cenotaph and even the chilly weather couldn\u2019t stop crowds. The service began with the mounting of the catafalque party made up of members of the […]<\/p>\n