Anzac Day – Armidale and Guyra

Anzac day is the time for the community to come together and pay tribute to the first ANZACs and to all the brave servicemen and women who have since followed in their footsteps.

Programme – Armidale

4.45am               Gunfire refreshments at Armidale Ex-services Memorial Club, 137 Dumaresq Street

5.25am               Remembrance service for past members of Armidale Ex-services Memorial Club

5.45am              Dawn service at Central Park, Armidale

6.30am               Fellowship for veterans and service personnel at Armidale Ex-services Memorial Club

7.00am               Breakfast for veterans and service personnel at Ex-services Memorial Club

8.00am               Memorial service at Hillgrove (see entry ANZAC Day – Hillgrove for details)

8.45am               Memorial service at Dangarsleigh (Dangarsleigh War Memorial, 755 Dangarsleigh Road)

10.15am             ANZAC Day march – participants will assemble in Faulkner Street, adjacent to Post

10.40am             ANZAC Day marchers will parade along Faulkner Street towards Central Park

11.00am            Main commemoration service at Central Park

12.45-2.00pm   Luncheon at Armidale Ex-services Memorial Club

There will be a temporary rolling road closure in place in Faulkner Street at the intersections with Dumaresq, Moore, Beardy and Rusden Streets from 10.00am. The road will be reopened once the parade has passed. In the event of inclement weather, the service will be conducted in the Town Hall, 127 Rusden Street. Such changes will be announced over the local radio station.

Programme – Guyra

5.45am            Dawn Service, followed by light breakfast at the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall (163 Bradley Street, Guyra)

9.00am            Service at the Multi-purpose Service (44-45 Sole Street)

10.00am           Form up at Four Ways for march

10.30am           March down Bradley Street

11.00am            ANZAC Day Service at Soldiers’ Memorial Hall

12.30pm            Lunch at Bowling Club (192 Bradley Street, Guyra)

Bradley Street (Guyra) will have road closures between 10.00am and 12.00pm to allow the march to proceed from Ollera Street to the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall. Bradley Street will be reopened to Mackenzie Street once the march has passed. The street will remain closed from Mackenzie Street to the southern side of the Hall to allow the crowd to gather for the service outside the Hall.