• Home
  • Articles
    • Front Page
    • General Interest
    • Special Interests
    • Snippets
    • Mayoral Notes
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Competitions
    • Sydney Royal Easter Show Giveaway
  • Our Community
    • Our People
    • Question of the Week
    • Jobs in the Central West
    • Be Seen
    • What’s On
  • Special Interests
    • Women In Business
    • Rural Round Up
    • My Place
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Loving Local Living
    • Just a Short Drive
    • Real Estate
  • Sports
    • Bowls
    • Cricket
    • Equestrian
    • Footy Tips
    • Golf
    • Netball
    • Rugby League
    • Rugby Union
    • Soccer
    • Touch Football
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Page
    • Advertise with us
    • Testimonials
    • Submit an Article
    • Subscribe to the Parkes Phoenix

Parkes Phoenix

Students Keep Tradition Alive

November 15, 2019 By Maggi Barnard

Member for Riverina and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack (middle) with the school captains of the seven schools who took part in the commemoration ceremony on Monday.

School students featured in the proceedings at Monday morning’s commemoration of Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph in Cooke Park.

The school captains of seven local schools read out the names of the fallen in the Parkes district to those gathered for the occasion.

Member for Riverina and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said in his address the school children, who had read out the names so eloquently and beautifully, had to carry on the tradition of honouring those who had sacrificed their lives for Australia.

“So many names were read out… how many stories, how many lives lost? We owe them our gratitude and need to continue this tradition to remember their sacrifice and service.”

The Deputy Prime Minister met all the students after the ceremony and gave them a memento to keep of the day.

The commemoration on Monday marked the 101st anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First World War on 11th November 1918.

Between 1914 and 1918 a newly federated Australia sent 414,000 troops to the war. By 1918, almost 62,000 Australians had died.

On this day each year, people across the globe observe a minute’s silence in memory of those who have died or suffered in war and on peacekeeping and humanitarian operations.

Filed Under: Articles, General Interest

Latest Print Editions

Click here to download the recent issue (308) of The Parkes Phoenix (2.5MB PDF) – 20th May 2021

STAY CONNECTED

The Parkes Phoenix would like to thank you, our Facebook friends, for your continued support and readership!

SEARCH THE PHOENIX

Recent Articles

  • Riverina Campaign Launch In Parkes May 20, 2022
  • Better Together May 20, 2022
  • More Funding For Parkes CBD Activation May 20, 2022
  • Our Young Gal – Emma Hando May 20, 2022
  • Giant Effort To Stage ‘Big The Musical’ May 20, 2022

CONTACT THE PHOENIX

Address
7/113-127 Rankin Street, Forbes NSW 2871

Editorial Phone –  0403 080 085
 editor@parkesphoenix.com.au

Sales Phone – 0476 110 953
sales@parkesphoenix.com.au

View our Privacy Policy.
View our Conflict Resolution Process.
View our Ethics and Complaints Policy.
Want to advertise with us?
Information on our Community Promotions.

Submit an Article

We are always looking for new articles of interest to the local community.

Please feel free to submit an article for possible inclusion in a future issue.

To submit an article, click here to use our online article submission form.

Recieve the Phoenix via email

* indicates required

Copyright © 2022 · Website setup by WebSysMan