June 16, 2023
Queensland Governor Dr Jeannette Young – who was the special guest at Nanango’s 175th anniversary celebrations on the weekend – will be returning to the South Burnett next month.
Dr Young will be attending Wondai’s Reserve Forces Day commemoration on Sunday, July 2.
It’s going to be a big weekend in Wondai, with the South Burnett Race Club hosting a race meeting on Saturday (July 1).
Also on the Saturday, there will be social bowls at Wondai Bowls Club and the visitors who have been invited to attend the Reserve Forces Day commemoration will enjoy a meet and greet at the Wondai Diggers Club in the evening.
Sunday’s events will begin with a wreath-laying and flag-raising ceremony at the Cenotaph in front of Wondai Town Hall at 10:00am.
At 11:00am, the parade will begin to assemble in front of Wondai Post Office.
The marchers will head down Mackenzie before turning in Scott Street and then right into Coronation Park.
The main service will then be held in the park at the Percy Iszlaub pavilion.
This will be the 18th year that Reserve Forces Day has been observed in Wondai, one of the few locations around Australian to mark this special day.
The commemoration is organised by a small committee headed by local resident Noel Selway.
The weekend provides an opportunity for former and current reservists to socialise as well as honour their comrades.
Wondai has proud links with the Army Reserves – and the former Citizens Military Forces – through its hosting of a depot of the 25/49 Royal Queensland Regiment.
25/49 RQR has a distinguished lineage, tracing its roots back to the 8th Company Queensland Volunteer Rifle Brigade which was formed in Toowoomba in 1875.
Members have served in both World Wars and, more recently, in the Solomon Islands, East Timor, the Sinai, Iraq and Afghanistan.
