IMPRESSIVE SCENES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22314, 26 April 1947, Page 6

IMPRESSIVE SCENES

OBSERVANCE IN SOUTH LARGE CROWDS ASSEMBLE (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH. April 26. beneath grey skies cnristcnu.ch observed tne o2ud Anzac Day since tae landing of the Australians and hew Zeaiandfcis on Gallipoii and paid tribute to those tvno died in the two world wars. Siient and undemonstrative crowds, smaller than in past years Decause 01 me weather, lined the streets .as returned servicemen ol tnree wars marcned to the King Edward Barracks where the main citizens’ service was held. The day's ceremonies began at dawn with a service ot remembrance ar ranged by the Australian Forces’ As sociation at the citizens’ War Memorial in Cathedral Square. Wreaths were placed on the memorial by former Australian and New Zealand servicemen. A parade in the afternoon halted at the Bridge of Remembrance, where Mr H: E Batchelor, vice-president, of the Christchurch Returned Services’ Association, placed a wreath. More than 5000 people heard the Anzac Day address in the barracks given by the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Sir Patrick Duff, who served on Gallipoli as an officer in the famous 29th Division. / fter the service wreaths were carried to the citizens’ War Memorial, where a brief service was held by the Dean ol Christchurch. the Very Rev. A. K. Warren, who served as a chaplain in Italy The day of remembrance ended with the dedication of the field of remembrance at the Godley statute plot, where representatives of the forces and the public placed poppies in memory of the fallen.