SEVEN serving members of the Royal Australian Navy and a retired Naval Chaplain will be participating in the King Island RSL sub-branch Anzac Day
Services.
One of the sailors and his Army veteran younger brother are descendants of a King Island Soldier Settler family.
The Dawn Service commences at 6am at the Cenotaph in front of the Town Hall, corner of Meech and George Streets in Currie.
‘Coffee’ is available from 6.30am in the RSL Clubrooms on Meech Street. A buffet breakfast will be available from 7am until 7.30am at the King Island Club in Netherby Rd Currie. The cost is $10 per person, with a special fee of $25 for two adults and two children under 10, payable in cash at the PO & Newsagency by Tuesday, April 23.
Proceeds will be shared between the RSL and the King Island Hospital Auxiliary.
The major change for 2024 is that the morning Parade will begin on Meech Street, next to the Police Station, at 10.20am and will proceed to the Cenotaph. Assembly is from 10am in War Memorial Park behind the library.
For those not marching, the Main Service commences at 10.30am at the Cenotaph. Light refreshments will be available in the RSL clubrooms after the Service.
Community Organizations and individuals are welcome to lay wreaths. Please contact Margaret Stansfield by April 22.
Two-up will be played at the King Island Club from 1.30pm until the start of the football match at 2.30pm, following the Anzac Day legal tradition.
The RSL Sub-branch stall is on Wednesday, April 24, in the Post Office foyer between 10am and 2pm and if you wish to donate a plate of food for the Dawn Service or Main Service, your contribution would be greatly appreciated. Services are open to the community, and visitors to the Island are invited.