Thursday, 13 November 2025

 Iwan WALTERS (Greenvale) (10:02): Tuesday marked the 107th anniversary of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Western Front. Around 62,000 Australians died in the First World War, and over 100,000 have given their lives in all conflicts since Federation. At the Craigieburn War Memorial at 11 o’clock on Remembrance Day our community gathered to remember and to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of so many and to acknowledge the freedoms and security that they preserved and sustained. Thank you to Kevin O’Callaghan and the Craigieburn War Memorial and Remembrance Committee both for hosting such a special service of commemoration and for all the work involved in preparing a very special new book, War Memorials within the City of Hume, which was launched by outgoing mayor Jarrod Bell on Tuesday.