RSL MACLEAY ISLAND SUB-BRANCH

REMEMBRANCE DAY

PAT’S PARK CENOTAPH

SUNDAY 11TH

NOVEMBER 2018

0850 hrs DIGGERS’ REQUIEM CONCERTO

Moving Australian AV Tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the end of WWI

1030 hrs REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE

with TS Diamantina Australian Naval Cadets & Macleay Island State School Students

1200 hrs COMMUNITY BUFFET LUNCHEON

at Pub Paradise (purchase Souvenir Program Booklet $5.00 [limit 100] for free buffet)

Welcome It is 100 years since the Armistice was signed denoting the end of World War One and The

Returned & Services League (Queensland Branch) Macleay Island Sub Branch Inc. is

commemorating this event with The Diggers’ Requiem’ (a moving and evocative Australian

tribute to the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One); a Remembrance Day Service;

and a Community Buffet Luncheon.

1. The Diggers’ Requiem Concerto commencing 0850 hrs tells the story of the iconic

battles for Australians on the Western Front, including Fromelles, Pozières,

Bapaume, Bullecourt, 3rd Ypres and Passchendaele, Villers-Bretonneux, and Amiens.

The music includes the final work by the Australian composer FS Kelly, his Somme

Lament, written just two weeks before his death in 1916 on the Somme. Composers

Nigel Westlake, Elena Kats-Chernin, Richard Mills, Graeme Koehne, Ross Edwards,

Andrew Schultz and Christopher Latham have all written movements. This requiem

will feature the ringing of 62,000 bells, to commemorate the death of every

Australian who died in WW1.

Refreshments are available whilst you listen and reflect that war is over for all who

fought it. Their sacrifice must be made meaningful. It is for us to strive to win the

peace.

2. The 2018 Remembrance Day Service will follow the Diggers’ Requiem at 1030 hrs,

with youth involvement from TS Diamantina Australian Naval Cadets [cenotaph

party] and Macleay Island State School students [flag party]. A minute’s silence will

be observed at 1100 hrs.

3. On completion of the commemorative service you are invited to share with us a

Community Buffet Luncheon commencing 1200 hrs at Pub Paradise. Purchase of the

$5.00 souvenir program (limited to 100) will entitle you to a complementary

luncheon. Otherwise the subsidised luncheon will be provided at $20.00 per head,

courtesy Pub Paradise Bistro.

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PRE-COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE

0850 AUDIO VIDEO Diggers’ Requiem [Chris Latham PD Flowers of war.org]

(APPROXIMATELY 1HR 30MIN)

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ORDER OF ARMISTICE CENTENARY SERVICE (Remembrance Day 2018)

1025 Flag Party Take Posts Steve Frazer [MI RSL] with 5 MISS Students

Once party positioned – Flags lowered to half-mast.

1030 WELCOME Russ Hearps (RAN & Army Veteran) [MI RSL PRESIDENT]

1032 MOUNTING OF CATAFALQUE PARTY TS Diamantina Aust. Navy Cadet

1033 PRAYER Father Jim Browne

1035 HYMN Abide With Me (ALL TOGETHER)

1040 ADDRESS Lt. Adam Brown (ANC) [TS DIAMANTINA]

1050 WREATH LAYING Russ Hearps

On completion of wreath laying (* if not yet 1057)

* “There will now be a short moment for reflection”.

1057 THE ODE Russ Hearps

1058 LAST POST Richard Cipollini (TRUMPET)

1100 ONE MINUTE SILENCE

1101 ROUSE Richard Cipollini (TRUMPET)

On first note of Rouse, slowly raise flags to masthead

1102 BENEDICTION Father Jim Browne

1103 NATIONAL ANTHEM Advance Australia Fair

1104 DISMOUNTING OF CATAFALQUE PARTY TS Diamantina Navy Cadet

1105 FINALE & INVITATION Russ Hearps

THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER Shirley Rhodes [Vice President]

1200 COMMUNITY BUFFET MEAL & REFRESHMENTS AT PUB PARADISE

Acknowledgements

Advertising: SEALINK Travel Group [Bay Islands

Transit SMBI ferries | Macleay Island State School

Armistice Centenary Overture: The Diggers’ Requiem

dedicated to all military and civilian victims of war. Co-

commissioned by Australian War Memorial and the

Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs,

the Diggers’ Requiem was developed by Christopher

Latham with the assistance of Peggy Polias & Ellie

Cumming.

Catering: Pub Paradise, Macleay Island (Paul & Ling) |

Bistro (Peta) | Coffee Van (Hugh)

Content: Australian War Memorial website | Australian

Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs | RSL

Queensland Branch | Internet

Event arrangement: RSL Macleay Island Sub Branch

members | Macleay Island Lions

Event Photography: Vanessa Clackson

Ministering: Prayer & Benediction (Father Jim Browne)

Printing: SNAP Capalaba (John Douglas)

Sound System: Macleay Island Lions (Darrell Barnie –

President)

Sub Branch Armistice Centenary Committee: President Russ Hearps (ex-RAN & Army Veteran);

Member Sandy Freeleagus (ex-RAN Veteran) &

Treasurer Dusty Rhodes (ex-RN & RAN Veteran)

Support: Australian Government Department of

Veterans’ Affairs | Queensland Government Department

of the Premier and Cabinet

Transport: Pub Paradise | Macleay Island Taxis

Trumpet: Last Post & Rouse (Richard Cipollini)

Youth Involvement: TS Diamantina Australian Naval

Cadets (LEUT A. Brown ANC) | Macleay Island State

School (Principal – Glenda Seawright)