RSLs to host Remembrance Day services

COMMUNITY members are invited to gather across Moorabool Shire this Remembrance Day to reflect on the sacrifices made by the armed forces and civilians during times of war.

On Tuesday 11 November at 11am a minute of silence will be observed across Australia, marking the end of hostilities on the Western Front during the First World War.

Bacchus Marsh RSL, led by president Alf Hawken and vice-president Terry Rosewarne, will host a ceremony from 10.45am on the Village Green.

There will be closures to Main Street between Young Street and Graham Street from 10am until 11.30am and refreshments will be served in the RSL Hall following the service.

“We include school children because the RSL sees the future of these commemorative services being in the hands of children,” said Iris Roberts, secretary of Bacchus Marsh RSL Sub-Branch.

“The schools are very supportive in Bacchus Marsh, and all the schools attend and lay wreaths.

“Two students from Bacchus Marsh College will read poems during the service.”

From 10.30am, a service will occur at the Ballan Cenotaph organised by Ballan RSL with road closures on Inglis Street between Fisken Street and Stead Street.

A third ceremony will take place at Coimadai Memorial Park, also from 10.30am.

Ms Roberts said it’s important for younger generations to continue to remember the sacrifices made by servicepeople.

“It’s so that the people who went to the wars are not forgotten for the sacrifices they made for the country,” she said.

“There’s not enough of the veterans to keep this going, it’s got to be in the minds of the younger generation so we hope these things never happen again.”

For more information, visit the Moorabool Shire Council website.