On Remembrance Day, people the world over remember the sacrifice and bravery of those who have sacrificed their lives keeping us safe. These stories provide an abbreviated history of some of Australia's most significant wartime involvements. Click here for historical videos and photographs.
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WAGGA: The Victory Memorial Gardens fell silent on Wednesday as hundreds of residents, service personnel and veterans remembered those who had served.
COOTAMUNDRA: Cootamundra High School leaders laid 14 crosses with knitted red poppies in the rose bed around the cenotaph during the Remembrance Day service. EA Southee Public School held their own ceremony complete with the laying of 42 crosses. The crosses are inscribed with the names of WWI servicemen selected and researched by the students.
LOCKHART: Lockhart’s Remembrance Day Ceremony was without the live sounds of the bugle with Max Mildren unable to play at this year's ceremony – one of the few times he has been unable to do so since he started volunteering in 1968.
LEETON: Typically a smaller event, around 80 residents, school students and veterans attended Wednesday’s short ceremony at the town’s cenotaph. The service was once again hosted by the Leeton RSL Sub-branch, with president John Power leading the ceremony. Mr Power spoke of the sacrifice made, particularly in World War I before the armistice was declared on November 11, 1918.
