TWELVE Mornington Peninsula towns will host Anzac Day services on Sunday 25 April 2021.
This year marks the 106th anniversary of the 1915 Gallipoli landing in Turkey.
Mornington Peninsula Shire has issued a news release urging “our community to commemorate Anzac Day safely” by following COVID-safe guidelines at the various dawn services, marches and remembrance services.
The dawn service and march in Melbourne will be live-streamed from 5.40am at shrine.org.au
The peninsula’s Anzac Day program:
Crib Point: March 10.40am; Crib Point RSL service 11am.
Dromana: dawn service 6.15am Peninsula Club; march 9.15am, service 9.45am, Dromana Cenotaph.
Flinders: service 10am Flinders Hall; march 10.30am; wreath laying 11am, Flinders war memorial.
Hastings: dawn service 6am Hastings foreshore; march 10.30am; Hastings RSL service 11am.
Mornington: dawn service 6am Memorial Park; march 9.45am from corner Queen and Main streets; service 10am Memorial Park.
Mount Eliza: service 2pm Remembrance Garden, Mount Eliza Community Centre.
Red Hill: service 10.45am Red Hill Community Park.
Rosebud: dawn service 6am Rosebud RSL memorial.
Rye: dawn service 6am Rye RSL; march 10am Rye Pier; service 10.30am, Rye RSL.
Somerville: dawn service 5.45am Fruit Growers Reserve.
Sorrento: dawn service 6am Sorrento Foreshore; march 11.30am Ocean Beach Road; service midday Sorrento Foreshore.
Tyabb: dawn service 5.45am Tyabb Central Reserve.
Details: mornpen.vic.gov.au/anzacday or call 1300 850 600.
First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 13 April 2021