LIKE other small towns along the coast and to all parts inland, Macksville knows well the price of freedom and sacrifice.
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On the back of that legacy, a massive crowd lined Princess, Wallace and River streets to cheer on the old and young at this morning’s parade.
Watch the march:
To the stirring beat of the Nambucca District Band, veterans, their survivors and clusters of respectful school children waved and marched.
The hymn:
At the magnificent memorial on the bank of the Nambucca River, Lateika Smith gave the commemorative address where she noted “we meet here today not to glorify war”.
But the upshot of the occasion was to “invigorate our national spirit and pride”, Lateika said.
She reflected that the “trial by ordeal” endured by the Diggers – some as young as 16 years of age – in the eight months after the first landing at Gallipoli, had been carried through by service personnel in every conflict since.
Wreath laying:
