Anzac Day services

Several services will be held on April 25 to commemorate Anzac Day.

Woy Woy-Ettalong-Hardys Bay RSL sub-Branch will be holding its regular dawn service and march.

The dawn service will be held at 5am at the Woy Woy Memorial Park.

Coffee will be available from 4am supplied by Apex.

Breakfast will be available at the Ettalong Beach War Memorial Club from 6am.

If bad weather disrupts the services, they will be held at the Memorial Club.

The March will begin at 9.30am in the K-Mart carpark, outside Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy.

Marchers will form up in the carpark at this time, then march off at 10am.

The march will head through George St, Victoria Rd, Blackwall Rd and Brickwharf Rd before ending at the memorial park.

Guest speakers will be selected from Brisbane Water Secondary College and will address the public during the 10.30am service.

The Brisbane Water Brass Band will also be performing from 10am at the Memorial Park.

They will also be performing at two private functions at aged care facilities on April 21 and 23 to commemorate Anzac Day.

The Hardys Bay RSL and Citizens Club will be holding an Anzac Day service at 11am, with Two-Up from 12.30pm.

Empire Bay residents will conduct an Anzac Day service at the Cenotaph near the waterfront at Empire Bay, from 11am.

Anzac Day committee member Mr Geoff Melville said the service was conducted annually and last year attracted around 500 people with over 20 wreaths laid by ex-servicemen, and children representing their fathers and grandfathers.

An Anzac Day service will be held in the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall, located on Diamond Rd, commencing at 10am.

The Rev Ernie Carnaby will lead the service, and afterwards there will be tea, coffee and Anzac biscuits as refreshments.

The Ettalong Beach Club will also be holding Anzac Day events.

Lyle Stone, 9 Apr 2008 Press release, 1 Apr 2008 Geoff Melville, Anzac Day Committee Press release, 4 Mar 2008 Stewart Whale