Anzac Day 2025 Order of Service

3:00pm Friday 25 April 2025
This service is dedicated to the memory of those who died that we may live in peace
'Give honour to those whom honour due.'
ORDER OF SERVICE
Master of Ceremonies: Daniel Dummer
President Rotary Club of Beecroft
Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the traditional owners and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters, and culture. We pay respect to the Elders, past, present, and emerging. Today, along all Australians everywhere, we gather to remember those who have served to defend Australia.
ANZAC Address: Brandon Etto
Act of Commemoration: John Simpson
O valiant hearts who to your glory came,
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame.
Tranquil, you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
Wreath Laying Ceremony
The Master of Ceremonies will call for floral tributes to be placed at the Cenotaph
The North Ryde RSL Pipe Band plays a quiet lament during wreath-laying
The Ode
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"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."
Lest We Forget
Bugler: Darian Sim
The Last Post
One minute silence
The Rouse
New Zealand National Anthem -
(English and Maori)
God of Nations at Thy feet,
In the bonds of love we meet,
Hear our voices, we entreat,
God defend our free land.
Guard Pacific's triple star
From the shafts of strife and war,
Make her praises heard afar,
God defend New Zealand.
Australian National Anthem - Di Hammond
Australians, all let us rejoice
For we are one and free
We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea
Our land abounds in nature's gifts
Of beauty, rich and rare
In history's page let, every stage
Advance Australia fair,
On joyful strains, then let us sing
"Advance Australia Fair!"
Service closure and thanks to those involved
What were the Anzacs fighting for? On the morning of 25th April 1915, the Anzacs set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in order to open the Dardanelles to the allied navies. The objective was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul in Turkey), the capital of the Ottoman Empire and an ally of Germany.
LIST OF PRESENTERS AND PARTICIPANTS
Master of ceremonies: Daniel Dummer, President of the Rotary Club of Beecroft
Anzac Address: Brandon Etto
Act of commemoration: John Simpson
Band: North Ryde RSL Pipe Band
The Ode: *
Bugler: Darian Sim (Golden Kangaroos, Hornsby Show Concert Band)
New Zealand Anthem: *
Australian Anthem: Di Hammond
Beecroft War Memorial Cenotaph: Renovated by Hornsby Council with the assistance of monies granted by the NSW Government and Beecroft Cheltenham Civic Trust.