Greater Geelong residents can pay their respects to our fallen Diggers on Saturday November 11 by attending Remembrance Day services.
Geelong RSL will host a service at the Geelong Peace Memorial in Johnstone Park while Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve will also host a service with both beginning at 10.30am.
This year marks the 105th anniversary of the moment the guns fell silent on the Western Front.
At Waurn Ponds, Australian Air League Cadets along with the 427 Royal Australian Air Force Cadets will participate in the service along with the Geelong Memorial Brass Band and Sing Australia Geelong Choir.
Piper John Jordan from the Geelong RSL Pipes and Drums will provide the Pipers Lament in memory of all servicemen and servicewomen. Following the service a barbecue lunch will be provided by the committee.
Services in the area:
Anglesea: Anglesea & District War Memorial, 10.30am
Barwon Heads: Service, Barwon Heads Memorial Hall, 10.50am
Drysdale: Service, Drysdale RSL Hall Princess Street, 10.45am
Geelong: Remembrance Mass, St Mary of the Angels, Geelong, 10am; RSL Service, Geelong Peace Memorial (Johnstone Park), 10.30am
Geelong West: Service, Cenotaph, Geelong West Town Hall, 10.30am
Inverleigh: Inverleigh RSL 63 High Street, 10am
Lara: Service, Lara RSL McClelland Ave, 10.10am
Leopold: Service, Leopold War Memorial, Melaluka Road, 10.30am
Modewarre: Dedication of Lone Pine Modewarre Memorial Hall, Cape Otway Road, 2pm
Ocean Grove – 10:50am Service Ocean Grove Park Crn Presidents Ave & The Avenue
Portarlington: Community breakfast, St Andrews Uniting Church, 8am; Service, Portarlington Cenotaph, 10.40am
Queenscliff: Service, RSL Sub Branch Hall 9 King Street, 10.45am
Torquay: Service, Point Danger War Memorial, 10.40am
Waurn Ponds: Service, Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve Crn Cochranes & Waurn Ponds Drive, 10.30am
Winchelsea: Service, Winchelsea War Memorial Cairns, Princess Hwy, 10.40am
