Catafalque party: Personnel of the Army School of Health at the Cobram and District Memorial on Remembrance Day 2019.
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Cobram Barooga RSL Sub-branch is inviting people to pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by Australian troops this Remembrance Day, on Friday, November 11 at 11am.
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Commemorations will begin at the Cobram and District War Memorial located on the corner of William St and Punt Rd at 10.30am with those wishing to lay a wreath being advised to arrive earlier to register.
The service will commence at 10.45am with the traditional minute’s silence observed at 11am. The 11am silence is timed to coincide with the official end of World War I.
Personnel from the Army School of Health will provide the catafalque party.
Immediately after the service a time capsule, originally interned in 1998 but exhumed due to civil works damage, will be replaced on the path at the back of the war memorial.
The relaid capsule will contain information recording the history of Cobram’s quest for a memorial that had been ongoing since 1919 as well as additional information including the history of moving the memorial plaques from the now-demolished Clock Memorial to the entrance of the memorial in front of Sporties Barooga.
The internment will involve Cobram’s younger residents with the hope that some will return to see it exhumed in 2068.
At 12.30pm another service will be held at the memorial at the entrance to Sporties Barooga.
Cobram Barooga RSL Sub-branch president Glenn Murphy is urging people of all ages to come to the ceremony and pay their respects.
“We would be delighted to have as many people attend and give thanks to those who served us both past and present,” Mr Murphy said.
A final Remembrance service will be held at Cobram Regional Care (formerly Ottrey Homes) for the residents and staff on Thursday, November 17.
Some of the residents of the centre are war veterans or widows of war veterans and the sub-branch felt that, though the residents could not attend the service on November 11, they should be given the opportunity to pay tribute to Australia’s fallen.
Past and present: Personnel of the Army School of Health at the Cobram and District Memorial on Remembrance Day 2019.
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Attending the Thursday event will be a small contingent of primary school students and RSL members.
Cobram Barooga RSL Sub-branch secretary Glenda Mann said that holding the event at the residential care home would allow the residents to take part in an important community event.
“It’s important for them to know they are not forgotten and to give them the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of Remembrance Day,” Ms Mann said.
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