Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway ANZAC Day Commemoration Service
In the lead up to one of the most important days in Australia, I accompanied a group of Domremy students to the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway ANZAC Day Commemoration Service on Tuesday 22 April. The Hon. David Harris MP, and NSW Minister for Veterans began the ceremony by reflecting on the importance of ANZAC Day as an opportunity to “๐๐๐๐๐๐ท๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐พ๐๐น ๐๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ป๐๐๐๐น ๐พ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ท๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐. ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ป ๐๐
๐๐พ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฝ, ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฃ๐ง, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐๐น ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ข๐ถ๐๐๐พ๐
๐๐๐พ, ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ต๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐น. ๐ถ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐
๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐”.
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It was a heartfelt ceremony attended by three WWII veterans aged 99, 100 and 101. Our young women respectfully participated in the laying of the Wreath Ceremony and in the various prayers and responses. In the ANZAC address given by the wife of an Australian soldier who served in Afghanistan and was severely injured, she reflected on the importance of the ANZAC spirit for not only her husband and soldiers today, but all Australians now and in the future.
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We are truly blessed to live in this amazing country we call home- Australia.
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๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ
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๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ฐ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ, ๐ช๐ผ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ:
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐ท๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ท.
๐๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐พ๐ท ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ
๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ.
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๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ.
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Mrs Melissa Vassallo, Acting Assistant Principal
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