April 20, 2022
Why did Australians go to Gallipoli? That’s the question a special presentation by local author Dr Les Henning hopes to answer on Friday morning.
The free talk, hosted by the Kingaroy-Memerambi RSL Sub-Branch, will also cover the origins of World War I and how the tradition of holding Anzac Day ceremonies has evolved since that fateful landing on April 25, 1915.
Did you know that Kingaroy’s first Anzac Day ceremony was held just a year later, in 1916?
And that the first Anzac Day march in Kingaroy was held in 1919?
The pre-Anzac Day talk will be held in the Kingaroy Town Hall Supper Room from 9:00am to 11:00am on Friday (April 22).
Morning tea will be provided by the Sub-Branch.
This is the second talk that Dr Henning has held in Kingaroy focussing on World War I.
In November last year, he explored the “facts and figures”, ie. the cost in pounds, shillings and pence, of the Great War during a pre-Remembrance Day talk.
- Related article: Sub-Branch Explores WWI History
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Anzac Day will be marked in the South Burnett on Monday with events across the region, but unfortunately there will not be an RAAF flyover in Kingaroy this year.
However, all other Anzac Day activities are going ahead as planned, including the race meeting at Wondai.
For more information about what is happening in your town, see South Burnett Online’s Daily Calendar
