{"id":11049,"date":"2018-04-25T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=11049"},"modified":"2018-04-27T19:31:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T09:31:53","slug":"surf-coast-honours-the-australias-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/featured\/surf-coast-honours-the-australias-fallen\/","title":{"rendered":"Surf Coast honours Australia&#8217;s fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I was commemorated with a solemn ceremony at Point Danger yesterday (Wednesday).\u00a0A smaller crowd than previous years attended Torquay\u2019s official Anzac Day dawn service \u2013 part of the Anzac Centenary \u2013 which recognised not only the Nursing Corps but also the end of the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux exactly 100 years earlier on April 25, 1918.<\/p>\n<p>The guest speaker was a long-time member of the Commando Company listed in the program as Major Dave, who completed Special Forces Selection and Training in 1993 and has held several appointments within Special Operations Command.\u00a0\u201cIn gathering to commemorate Anzac Day, it\u2019s never our purpose to glorify war,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cI use the term \u2018commemoration\u2019 and not \u2018celebration\u2019 as Anzac Day is always a time for reflection and remembrance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who have seen war, with its brutality and its ruthlessness, will never tell tall tales about their experiences, and will do their utmost to avoid going to battle again.\u201d\u00a0The ode to the fallen was read by Captain Travis Holt.<\/p>\n<p>In Anglesea, two of the town\u2019s oldest veterans made a special effort to be part of the service.\u00a0World War II veteran Tom Randall, who served in Darwin during the Japanese air attacks, turned 103 in November, is usually the saluting officer for the service but has just now gone into aged care, insisted that he be there for the service.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Randall attended the service alongside the march\u2019s new saluting officer, fellow World veteran Moss Darby (who has just turned 92). Vietnam veteran Barry Marsh was also there.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11049 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/IMG_8169-ANZAC-Day-Torquay.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/IMG_8169-ANZAC-Day-Torquay-600x380.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11067\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11067'>\n\t\t\t\tANZAC Day, Torquay\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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