SERVICE HONOURS THE FALLEN
THOUSANDS of residents across Toowoomba paused yesterday to reflect on the sacrifice our soldiers made a century ago.
This year’s Remembrance Day marked 100 years since the armistice was signed, when the guns on the Western Front finally fell silent, bringing an end to the First World War.
Every year on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, people around Australia pause to remember the lives lost.
There were a number of services held across Toowoomba, with Bill Hills OAM leading the service at Mothers’ Memorial.
It was a beautiful service with people of all ages in attendance.
Everyone bowed their head in memory of the lives lost during the First World War and the other conflicts of the past century. There was a wreath laying ceremony, followed by a touching speech by Toowoom- ba Grammar School student James White, as well as the Passing of the Torch.
President of the Toowoomba RSL Sub Branch Lindsay Morrison said it was “tremendous” to see such a wonderful turn out to the service.
“I think it’s the biggest we’ve ever had. I put that down to it being a Sunday and of course the 100th anniversary,” he said.
“Back in 1915 Toowoomba was only a small town and if you look at the names on the honour board at the RSL you’ll see there is more than one thousand.
“To take that many men and women out of such a small community would have left a huge, huge gap. It’s important now that we continue to remember their sacrifice.”