{"id":18961,"date":"2025-05-09T14:57:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/?post_type=article&#038;p=18961"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:57:45","slug":"kokoda-track-memorial-walkway-anzac-day-commemoration-service","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/article\/kokoda-track-memorial-walkway-anzac-day-commemoration-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway ANZAC Day Commemoration Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the lead up to one of the most important days in Australia, I accompanied a group of Domremy students to the <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway<\/span><\/span><\/span> ANZAC Day Commemoration Service on Tuesday 22 April. 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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.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">We are truly blessed to live in this amazing country we call home- Australia.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">\ud835\udce3\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcde\ud835\udced\ud835\udcee<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">\ud835\udce3\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee\ud835\udd02 \ud835\udcfc\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcf5\ud835\udcf5 \ud835\udcf0\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udd00 \ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcfd \ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcf5\ud835\udced, \ud835\udcea\ud835\udcfc \ud835\udd00\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcfd \ud835\udcea\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcf5\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcef\ud835\udcfd \ud835\udcf0\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udd00 \ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcf5\ud835\udced:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">\ud835\udcd0\ud835\udcf0\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcfc\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcf5\ud835\udcf5 \ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcfd \ud835\udd00\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udd02 \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcf6, \ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcfb \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udd02\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcfc \ud835\udcec\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udced\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcf6\ud835\udcf7.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">\ud835\udcd0\ud835\udcfd \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcf0\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcf0 \ud835\udced\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udd00\ud835\udcf7 \ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcef \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcfc\ud835\udcfe\ud835\udcf7 \ud835\udcea\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udced \ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf7 \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcf6\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcf0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">\ud835\udce6\ud835\udcee \ud835\udd00\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf5\ud835\udcf5 \ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcf6\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcf6\ud835\udceb\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcfb \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcf6.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">\ud835\udcdb\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcfc\ud835\udcfd \ud835\udd00\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcef\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcf0\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcfd.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.gov.au\/about-us\/history-and-research\/traditions\/ode\">The Ode comes from <em>For the Fallen,<\/em> a poem by English poet and writer Laurence Binyon.<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>Mrs Melissa Vassallo, Acting Assistant Principal<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/04\/492235551_1217791403681820_5268980490675924208_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18986\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/04\/492235551_1217791403681820_5268980490675924208_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"552\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-18961","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/18961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}