You are invited to join the Yandina-Eumundi RSL at the Yandina Cenotaph for the Remembrance Day 2024 Service, Monday 11 November.
Please let us know if you have any special needs or require seating for the event by contacting the RSL directly. Please download the Program here – Remembrance Day 2024- *TBA*
Order of Service
10.30am — Flag lowered to half-mast
10.54am — Service commences
Welcome by MC – Russell Paten
Remembrance Day Acknowledgement
ODE recited by President
“They went with songs to the battle
They were young straight of limb true of eye, steady and aglow,
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted
They fell with their faces to the foe
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.”
Lest we forget.
Last post — Bugler (Victor Flatt)
11am — One Minutes Silence
Rouse — Bugler (Victor Flatt)
(Flag is raised to Rouse)
Lest we forget.
11.02am — Remembrance Day Address – Anneke Jamieson
Reading of Poem “In Flanders’ Field” Read By President
In Flanders’ Field
In Flanders’ Field, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The Larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders’ Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The Torch; be yours to hold it high,
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders’ Fields.
Prayer/Benediction — Read By Vice President, Malcom Gray
Laying of floral tributes to Lament
Lament – Recording (thanks to Craig Ellis)
Order of Wreath Laying
Read by MC- Russell Paten
Tracey Gilmartin – (President) Yandina-Eumundi RSL
Anneke Jamieson – (Modern) Middle Eastern conflicts
Malcom Gray – National Servicemen
Ross Giles – Vietnam Veterans
TBC – Service Women
Ann-Marie Yarrow – “B” Squadron AAVC Commemorative Troop
Pastor John Cheyne – Baptist Church (TBC)
Members of the Public are invited to lay a wreath.
National Anthem
Advance Australia Fair
By John McCrae.
The ceremony ends with the playing of the National Anthem.
“Australians all let us rejoice, for we are one and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our land is girt by sea.
Our land abound in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare,
In history’s page let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.”
Service is concluded by the President.
All attending are thanked for paying their respects with us today and welcomed to join us for a drink at the Yandina Hotel following the Service.
Fortunately we are joined by special guests from our local Light horse troop – “B” Squadron AAVC Commemorative Troop (Australian Army Veterinary Corps)
“B” Squadron is based here near Yandina. Here is a link to their Facebook page:
