AUSTRALIA DAY
CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT .-_..;.".'IST-'DUNSTAN'S:'..';; 1 ; :■■ 8y Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, January 26. Australia Day in London was celebrated by a thanksgiving service at St. Dunstan's, ■in the East. There was a crowded congregation, including Sir Sidney Gieville, representing the Prince of Wales j General Birdwood and General Monash, arid the Australian AgentsGeneral. Australian soldiers present included..i party of wounded men from Harefield. The church was beautifully decorated, chiefly with wattle, and numbers of Australians sent wreaths in memory of .relatives, and other wreaths for unnamed dead and dead prisoners in Germany, The-milpit was draped with an Australian' flag. " '■'•'■ . The Eev; Arthur West, the . Rector, conducted a brief service. Other olergy present included the Bishop of London, wearing his cope' and mitre, and Australian' chaplains. . ', . The Bishop prefaced lis sermon by a reference to the Home Country's undying and gratified admiration for all the Aus-. tralians had done during the war. "We will, never forget it, from the landing on Gallipoli to the splendid stand at Ainiens," said: His Lordship. "Tie Australians have never given way a foot, and have always lived up to the motto 'Where we stand we stand.' The Australians' share in tho war will form a bond which will, never break between the Mother Country and Australia. Be-, fore the war we didn't perhaps appreciate the sentiment of 'Australia for Australians/ Wo understand it now." >'• After the sermon the Australian buglers sounded the "Last Post." Then the Bishop, before pronouncing the Blessing, said, "The souls .of the righteous are in the hands of God. There shall no torment touch' them."—Ans.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 107, 30 January 1919, Page 5
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269AUSTRALIA DAY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 107, 30 January 1919, Page 5
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