Armistice Day remembered

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 511, 9 November 1993, Page 11

Armistice Day remembered

From page 13 10% of the total population and equated to a staggering 41% of all males between the ages of 20 and 45. Throughout the war New Zealand casualties, were extremely high - in total 16,697 lost their lives and 41,317 wounded, an appalling 58% of those who served overseas. "It is they, and their comrades who have since passed on, we remember at the 11th hour of the 1 1 day of the 11th month," says NZRSA Dominion President David Cox. rtThis year, on Armistice Day, 11 November, we should all pause for a moment to commemorate the 75th

anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in 1918 and in memory for those who gave their lives for peace." David Cox says of the 100,000 plus New Zealanders who served overseas during the Great War NZRSA knows of at least 25 1 veterans who are still living, 22 of them over 100 years old. "And we still have 15 of the original ANZACs who- took part in the disastrous Gallipoli campaign," he says. "These veterans are the founding members of the Returned Services movement in New Zealand and we are proud to honour them on this day." In Wellington, on

Armistice Day, Her Excellency, the Governor General, Dame Catherine Tizard will lay a wreath in the Hallof Memories and then, assisted by 102-year-old Gallipoli veteran, Bill White of Upper Hutt, will plant a commemorative tree at the National War Memorial. In a great many centres, large and small, at Ilam church bells will peal and fire sirens sound ushering the old traditional one minute's silence in memory of the fallen, and local RSAs will mark the occasion with tree planting ceremonies at schools, services' cemeteries and war memorials.