Wednesday marks the 103^rd anniversary since the dawn landing at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915 and hundreds of people in Moree turned out to pay their respects to our fallen soldiers.

The crowd solemnly gathered at 5.50am on Wednesday to watch on as marchers marched to the memorial window at Moree Services Club where Roger Butler OAM led the short, moving service.

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“At this hour upon this day, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) received its baptism of fire and became one of the immortal names in history,” Mr Butler OAM said.

“We who are gathered here think of the comrades who went to the battlefields of all wars, but did not return.

“We feel them still near us in spirit. We wish to be worthy of their great sacrifice. Let us therefore once more dedicate ourselves to the ideals for which they died.

“As the dawn is even now about to pierce the night so let their memory inspire us to work for the coming of new light into the dark places of the world.”

Moree and District Band and Moree Community Choir led the crowd in hymn and the national anthems, while RSL Padre Reverend Phil Brown gave the prayer.

Wreaths were then laid to the Lament, played by a Moree Caledonian Pipes and Drums piper.

Special guest Commodore Colin Dagg was among those who laid a wreath in memory of our fallen soldiers.

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