Thursday, 2 May 2024

Anzac Day

Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (09:54): I would like to dedicate my members statement this week to all of the service men and women and the fallen and surviving veterans who have served this great nation of ours. Having attended the dawn service at Wodonga and the Corryong day service this past Anzac Day I was humbled to be surrounded by proud Australians – Australians proud of the efforts and sacrifices our armed service people have made to ensure the liberties and lands we have today. I was lucky enough to be seated with a catafalque party at the Wodonga service and to listen to them talk about their work in the army. These genuinely hardworking and happy-go-lucky soldiers were the highlight of my day. They happily shared their plans for the future within the army and also taught me some new base jargon. To meet Aussies like the four I shared breakfast with gave me a surge of pride that these are the types of people our armed forces are moulding into our future soldiers. I would like to thank the Wodonga and Corryong sub-branches for welcoming me to their Anzac Day services this year.