Women lead way in Tweed
FOUR female Tweed Heads and Coolangatta RSL Sub Branch members led the Tweed Heads march.
After having served in East Timor and Somalia, Annie Strawbridge said she was excited to be a part of the day’s events.
“I haven’t marched for a long time,” she said. “I just thought that it was much more of a male-dominated thing.”
Ms Strawbridge is part of the ‘By The Left’ campaign, which aims to draw attention to women who have served their country.
“(People ask) why are you wearing someone else’s medals?,” Ms Strawbridge said. “A lot of the elder generation don’t understand that females do go into the combat regions these days and do active service.”
“But women are now being recognised, which is really good and I feel really proud.”