By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n
Just like the guns on the Western Front on November 11, 1918, Moorabool fell silent at 11 am last Friday, as hundreds of residents honoured those who made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n
Bacchus Marsh\u2019s ceremony was broadcast live by Apple 98.5 FM\u2019s van right next to the stage at the Village Green, with songs playing before the ceremony began.<\/p>\n
An introduction by Bacchus Marsh RSL Secretary Carl Wright, and a Welcome to Country by Dean Petrov, was followed by the RSL\u2019s first rendition of \u2018God Save the King\u2019 in quite some time.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Ode\u2019 followed a blessing and the Lord\u2019s Prayer guided by Pastor Scott James, then bugler John Mansfield played the Last Post, with the crowd of over a hundred marking a minute\u2019s silence as the clock struck 11am.<\/p>\n
After \u2018The Rouse\u2019 from the bugle and the national anthem, Mr Wright read out a poem, \u2018In Flanders Fields\u2019, before the ceremony concluded with the laying of wreaths.<\/p>\n
A long list of local schools, dignitaries, service people, and organisations paid their respects to the fallen by laying wreaths, including but certainly not limited to, Bacchus Marsh Grammar, Pentland PS, Bacchus Marsh PS, St Bernard\u2019s Parish PS, Darley PS, Deputy Mayor Cr Tonia Dudzik, Member for Buninyong Michaela Settle, Bacchus Marsh Police, Rotary, and the CWA.<\/p>\n
While Remembrance Day was originally created to honour those who died in the First World War, including more than 60,000 Australians, today it also honours the heroes who gave their lives in all wars and armed conflicts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Lachlan Ellis Just like the guns on the Western Front on November 11, 1918, Moorabool fell silent at 11 am last Friday, as hundreds of residents honoured those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Bacchus Marsh\u2019s ceremony was broadcast live by Apple 98.5 FM\u2019s van right next to the stage at the Village Green, with […]<\/p>\n