Tag: cross of sacrifice

Millicent residents pause to honour war service and sacrifice

Millicent citizens will pause briefly on November 11 to honour wartime service and sacrifice on Remembrance Day.
It will be 106 years since the end...

Young and old gather to commemorate Remembrance Day

Members of the Mount Gambier community, both young and old, will commemorate Remembrance Day this year with activities by the Mount Gambier Community RSL.
Yesterday,...

‘Forest of the Fallen’ on display at Millicent

Apolitical protest was recently staged in the war memorial gardens adjacent to the Millicent Cross of Sacrifice.
A small group of protesters temporarily placed around...

Service and sacrifice honoured

Service and sacrifice were honoured at a brief service at the Millicent Cross of Sacrifice on Thursday afternoon when Her Excellency the Governor of...

Governor to pay respects

The Millicent township will welcome its first vice-regal guest in over a decade on November 23. Her Excellency the Governor of South Australia the Honourable...

Community to reflect

Limestone Coast residents will pause this Saturday for Remembrance Day to pay their respects for the service and sacrifice of the soldiers who fought...

War sacrifices honoured

With the annual Remembrance Day observation occurring on Saturday, the Millicent RSL has again erected a field of cross poppies to honour those local...

Cenotaph centenary

The RSL Millicent Sub-branch and the Wattle Range Council are planning an event to mark the centenary of the Millicent Cross of Sacrifice. The event,...

Vietnam Veterans honoured

The Limestone Coast community gathered at the Vansittart Park Soldiers Memorial last Friday for a ceremony to honour Vietnam Veterans’ Day. Vietnam Veterans’ Day commemorates...

Horsemen to take part in 2022 Anzac Day service

A touch of pageantry will be added to the 2022 Anzac Day commemoration in Millicent. Uniformed mounted horsemen are set to take part in the...

Respects paid at Cross of Sacrifice

Millicent briefly came to a standstill on Thursday morning as more than 100 mourners paid tribute to wartime service and sacrifice at the annual...