May 1, 2015
by Marcus Priaulx
Barambah PaCE
The Cherbourg Junior Police Rangers were having fun at the PCYC hall in Murgon when a nearby TV sounded the Last Post on Anzac Day eve.
The group, made up of students from St Joseph’s Primary School in Murgon and St Mary’s South Burnett Catholic College in Kingaroy, came to a sudden halt.
They all stood silently until the bugle halted its chilling call.
“That indicated what we’d taught them and what they’d learned at school enabled the children to understand how important Anzac Day is,” Cherbourg Police Rangers co-ordinator Louise Thompson said.
The next day the children were up at 4:00am to attend the Murgon dawn service.
They then grabbed brekkie at the Ration Shed Museum in Cherbourg and marched with veterans to the new Boys from Barambah War Memorial.
About 200 people were there for its morning service and as the names of Cherbourg’s fallen were read, the rangers placed a cross for each one in a box.
Louise said the community should be proud of the group.
“They really blew me away during the whole weekend,” she said.
“On the Friday night we had Uncle Eric Law tell them stories about Gallipoli and the questions they asked I would never have thought of. I was amazed.”
