ANZAC Day – Armidale and Dangarsleigh

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.

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 (address by Ron Pickress, a 101 year old veteran)

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

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

10.30am             ANZAC Day march – participants will assemble in Faulkner Street, adjacent to Post Office

10.45am             ANZAC Day marchers will parade along Faulkner Street towards Central Park

10.43am             Fly past by two F/A 18 Super Hornets – south to north along Faulkner Street

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 between Dumaresq and Barney Streets, Beardy Street (East Mall) at Rusden Street roundabout and in front of Armidale Court House (Moore Street) prior to and during march. As the march relocates to Central Park, Tingcombe Lane and Faulkner Street (at Barney Street) will be closed. The roads 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.