Sue Leong writes:
This is the snap that I took of the war memorial on that wet and grey ANZAC centenary in 2015. (Not a great photo but I liked having the people in it to show how bleak a day it was!) Our PMHPS red and blue flowers can be seen. My Dad served in the air force in WWII…
The crowd grows year on year, the perspective of the speakers image Bernadene Voss
The Port Melbourne Anzac Day Commemorative Service took place at the Beach Street Memorial next to the Port Melbourne Yacht Club at 9.45am on Tuesday 25 April.
Guest speakers included
Mayor of the City of Port Phillip, Councillor Bernadene Voss
The Hon Michael Danby MHR, Federal Member for Melbourne Ports
The…
As we approach the 101st anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli it is interesting to look back at how the news of the first Australian campaign of the First World War was received in the Port and how they commemorated the first Anzac Day in 1916.
The First Casualties
In the weeks and months that followed 25 April 1915, as the authorities…
A wet Anzac Day in 2015
Anzac Day 2015
On Saturday 25 April, people gathered at the World War 1 Memorial Fountain in Port Melbourne to commemorate Anzac Day.
The tradition has been upheld in Port for many, many years though the form it has taken has changed over time. The scene below is at once familiar and unfamiliar to current Port eyes.
Anzac Day…
'We will honour them by being silent' 1
Perce White was the MC for the 2014 commemoration of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli.
Perce White MCs proceedings at Anzac Day 2014
It was one of those perfect Port Melbourne mornings that make people love living in Port more than ever. About 500 people gathered for the Anzac Day commemoration. The Piers provided…
Was it the beautiful sunny day or the growing pull of the Anzac tradition that led to this year's record crowd at the Port Melbourne Anzac service?
Commander Mike Lovell once again gave a memorable address - all without notes.
His theme was the evolution of Australian society from a time when white males ruled at home and in all areas of…