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Echuca remembers on Anzac Day

By Bree Lambert

Apr 27, 2026

Ashlee Allen and Lucy Pilgrim salute the cenotaph. Photo by JORDAN TOWNROW

Marking the 111th anniversary since the 1915 Gallipoli landings, community members gathered at the Echuca war memorial on Anzac Day to honour the men and women who served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

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Community members braved the autumn chill on Saturday, April 25 for the Anzac dawn service held by Echuca RSL sub-branch, where group vice-president Dennis Shanahan led the service as emcee and the 1st Echuca Scouts served coffee and breakfast rolls at the conclusion of the event.

Mr Shanahan was thrilled with the turnout for the dawn service, estimating there were about 1000 people in attendance and, according to the Scouts group, it might have been bigger than last year’s crowd.

The commemorations continued later into the morning with a march down Hare St at 10.40am, led by members of the Echuca Federal Band, followed by the Vietnam Veterans group, emergency services personnel, school students and community groups.

Echuca District Vietnam Veterans branch participated in the march. Photo by JORDAN TOWNROW

At 11am, a ceremony was held at the memorial, where Campaspe Shire Mayor Daniel Mackrell and St Joseph’s College Echuca students Rose Byrne and Annabelle Turner addressed the crowd.

RSL president Drew Clyne recited The Ode, followed by a minute's silence and the Australian and New Zealand national anthems.