Anzac Day 2024: Huge crowd attends dawn service in Murray Bridge
Around 1500 people have attended a commemoration at Sturt Reserve which highlighted the sacrifice of Private Henry Heyer during World War I.
A significant crowd has gathered to commemorate Anzac Day in Murray Bridge.
Around 1500 people surrounded the war memorial at Sturt Reserve by 5.45am on Thursday for a short service during which wreaths were laid, prayers said and reflections given.
That was fitting, RSL sub-branch president Rod Harris said – after all, most Murray Bridge families would have sent men and women to war at some stage.
“We must stop and remember the soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave up their lives to make this a better place for us to live in,” he said.
“We should never forget the heroics of our ANZACs at Gallipoli in World War I – these men set a very high standard of bravery, tenacity and courage which is still lived up to in our forces today.”
In particular, he told the story of Private Henry Heyer, a steam engine cleaner at the Murray Bridge railway workshops who enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915.
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