ANZAC DAY SERVICE

Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 170, 29 April 1955, Page 1

ANZAC DAY SERVICE

Iir Memorial Dedicated Anzac Day service held at the nui-a-Tia War Memorial Hall a.m. on Monday last, the foranniversary of the Gallipoli ig, was of special significance 3 people of the Taupo Country t during the service the Hall, he bronze tablet bearing the of servicemen who gave their n the two World Wars, vvere :ed as a memorial to those commemoration was held une joint auspices of the Taupo ed Services Associatiou and anpo . Borough Council. The ion was perfdrmed by the Rt. r. N. Paua pa, Bishop of AoteaIr E. F. Wright, president of sociation, presided, with him he Mayor, Mr J. E. Story. Mr apologised for the absence t indisposition of Colonel .T. a past president of the Taupo The opening and closing were led by the Rev. H.

Bpohau, and the Anzac Prayer by K fiev. E. P. Bush. Mhe public assembled in front of ■jBall, the service being held outl&it the foot of the main entrance gfc while the parade of ex-service-m an^ others assembled at the Bpumitu Street junction with ipariro Street. From there the Bees units marched to the Hall, led ■pie returned men, the parade beK.voder the command of Mr E. F. jHht iltelowing the R.S.A. detachment, Hpbering 43, were the Legion of Bptiersmen, numbering 42, comprisR tbe Taupo Troop, 13 strong, and Hpdfflients from Rotorua, EdgeHle and Whakatane, the three jpfe nnits having made their long Ksey to assist the Taupo Troop ■Itying its tribute at the comHhration. Lieutenant A. J. BuckKp (Taupo) was in command of Wjtelon. ■p St. John Ambulance Brigade, jjpfer Superintendent A. Kennedy, gP; the Nursing Division, and H|l paraded in strength. Others ■pag were members of the Girls' BpBrlgade, several Boy Scouts, and HBiy of High School pupils under ■fc.Foote and Mr K. Bogue.

Bpfig those present were the Hlers of the Borough Council ; Mr Wst Grace, chairman of the TuMprtoa Trust Board, and Mrs fmi the Rt. Rev. W. J. Simkin, M of Auckland, and Mrs Simfifind others representing all secHlof the community, both Pakeha mjbori ■fcwing the singing of the Nat■Binthem, Mr Wright asked the Wr, Mr Story, to speak. B Story said that it was fitting ■ftey, as citizens of Taupo and Hle British Commonwealth of 81^5, should gather to honour ■*ho, by their gallant sacrifice, Rldped to defeat the foe and ■fetttether this great nation. It Rlso fitting that they should be feng their memorial plaque, to Btoo soldiers who had died in B^rld Wars, on the fortieth an-

Rpy of the Gallipoli Landing, a jpMch marked New Zealand's Pluto nationhood. Ifas noteworthy that the MemKjB&U to be dedicated that day pbecome an accomplished fact Eb fio small way, to the efforts H| comrades of the men whose they were there to honour. psted that the Memorial Hall ■ he a lasting inspiration to all Pe to give their best, in every ■ toward the welfare of their HPInen.