As the sun rose across the cane fields, a time of day symbolic of one of Australia and New Zealand’s most infamous military involvements, thousands gathered at dawn services across the region.
Anzac Day is a day to reflect on all veterans, all conflicts and all impacts made by war.
With a full timetable of services around Mackay and surrounds, people took every opportunity they could to commemorate the day.
“As a returned service person, I look at Anzac Day as a reflection on our service and the sacrifice of the 100,000 that died for our way of life in Australia, but also the hundreds of thousands that have been traumatised by war,” said Mackay RSL Sub Branch President Ken Higgins OAM.
“We need to honour those people who served and died but we also need to be mindful that war’s a horrible thing and not to promote it as a heroic thing.
“There are heroes in war, but that’s the consequences of war.
“Most veterans aren’t interested in war; what they’re interested in is peace.”
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