BARGARA DAWN SERVICE PROGRAM

THE 2018 PROGRAM IS NOW COMPLETED
 

SERVICE LOCATION

War Memorial – Bargara Foreshore Park, The Esplanade & Bauer Street

PARADE 

5.00am        Parade Assembles at Cnr Bauer & Tanner Streets, Bargara
5.15am        Parade forms up under direction of Parade Marshall, Mr John O’Callaghan
5.30am        Parade marches off and travels east in Bauer Street

PRELUDE : Mr Dale Brown
                    A time To Reflect

OFFICIAL PARTY

• Mr Keith Pitt MP – Member for Hinkler & Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister
• Mr Stephen Bennett MP – Member for Burnett – Shadow Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Family Violence, Shadow Minister for Veterans  
• Cr Stephen Cooper – Bundaberg Regional Council
• Mrs Carol Masters – representing the Bundaberg Services Club 
• A/Det. Insp. Mike Bishop – representing the Officer in Charge, Bundaberg Police District
• Pastor Errol Buckle – Service Parde 
  

ORDER OF SERVICE 

5.40am     COMMENCEMENT OF SERVICE  
Prelude  
Mounting of the Catafalque Party –  Naval Cadets, HMTS Bundaberg
Welcoming Address – Greg Barnes, Service Coordinator 
Student Reading – What ANZAC Day Means To Me – Bargara State School Student, Boston Marlow
Prayer by Service Padre – Pastor  Errol Buckle
6.10am – Fly Past Salute – P51-D Mustang ‘Snifter’ including live address to assembly by aircrew
The Oration  – Mr Ken Graham
Firing of 1901 Naval Fieldpiece – TS Bundaberg Navy Cadets Gunnery Crew

LAYING OF WREATHS

• Ian, Scott, and James McLucas – representing three generations of the Mclucas family & in remembrance of Tom Walker McLucas OAM BEM, 2/24 Bn, 9 AIF who passed away in January this year. Tom served on Tarakan during WWII and on his return he worked tirelessly for all ex-service persons and war widows. Tom’s Anzac community involvement included 50 years as parade Marshall at the Bundaberg Dawn and Citizens Parades;  30 years involvement with Moore Park Citizens Parade; almost 10 years Representing the RSL at the Bargara Dawn Service; Burnett Heads Citizens Parade; Elliott Heads VDC memorial; and ANZAC presentations to local schools.
• Mr Keith Pitt MP – Member for Hinkler & Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister
• Mr Stephen Bennett MP – Member for Burnett – Shadow Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Family Violence, Shadow Minister for Veterans  
• Cr Stephen Cooper – representing the Councillors & Staff of the Bundaberg Regional Council
• – representing the Bundaberg RSL Sub-BranchSub-Branch
• A/Insp. Mike Bishop – representing the Queensland Police Service
• Mr Tony Bruce – representing the National Servicemen’s Association
• Ms Christine Wynne – representing the Vietnam Veteran’s Association, Burnett Branch
• Mrs Sandra Robinson – representing the Hull & East Riding Branch of the Royal Military Police Association
• Mr Malcolm Fraser in memory of the life & service of his father Flight Lieutenant Alexander William Fraser, DFC & Bar. Lieutenant Fraser was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar when, as a member of Coastal Command, he sank two U-Boats of the coast of England during World War 2. He was killed when his aircraft exploded during his return from a covert operation.
• Ms Jo Laurie – visiting us from Parkes, NSW & with gratitude and in memory of her family members who were so proud to be Australian – Uncle George Hamon, killed in action 22nd May 1917 in France at the age of 22 years, (Poppo)  Charles Harper, 35th Battalion  Infantry WW1 & Intelligence  Corps  WW2, Uncle Adrian Harper, 17th Battalion Infantry WW1, Uncle Kelly Harper, (Rat of Tobruk) Infantry & 2nd Battalion  WW2, Uncle Arthur Harper, 3rd  Battalion  Ack Ack  Regiment, WW2 & 3rd Battalion Korea, Uncle Jack Harper 3 RAR Infantry Korea & her father Jim Harper 3RAR, Infantry, Korea
• Mrs Jewelly Dwyer – representing Mrs Isobel Barnes & commemorating the life and service of her father the late Sgt. Major George Edward McClughan, Royal Irish Rifles & Royal Artillery, Active Service in the Middle East, Burma and Sumatra and 2 years incarceration on the Burma Railway and later in Chiangi Prisoner of War Camp
• Mrs June Cannon & Mrs Lea Spruce – commemorating the life and service of their father & grandfather, the late Major Charles August Wittkopp MC who served with the 9th Battalion in France from 1916 to 1918. Awarded the Military Cross at Lagnicourt, 8 May 1917.  Severely wounded Oct 1917 during 3rd Battle of Ypres & returned to Australia March 1918.  Served with AN & MEF in New Guinea from 1918 to 1920 and with Australian Military Forces from 1940 to 1942 in the 47th Battalion.  
• Sam & Sofie Felgate – commemorating the life and service of their Great Grandfather, Cpl Cyril Wallace Ryan (known as Digger Ryan) NX155967 N267960, 3rd Battalion Infantry AMF who fought on The Kokoda Trail and was wounded by Japanese gunfire at Templeton’s Crossing.
• Mrs Sandra Robinson BEM – Served British Armed Forces Military Police, London MOD, Germany and 4 months in Australia
• Mr Mark Osborn – representing the Bargara Remembers Committee
• Ms Cynthia Hoogstraten – dedicated to the men, women and children, who were incarcerated in prisoner of war camps during WWII. Cynthia also pays tribute to those who lost their lives; to the indomitable spirit of those who survived and to the allied forces who set them free.
• Mrs Carol Masters – representing the Bundaberg & District RSL Club
• Captain Cain Josefski – representing the Queensland Fire & Emergency Services, Bargara
• Mrs Robyn Pollock – representing the Board & Staff of the Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service
• A/Prof Brad Murphy & Travis – representing the Ashfield Country Practice Medical Centre
• Ms Lisa Hardie – representing the Coral Coast Christian Church
• Ms Loni Hammond – representing the Coral Coast Chamber of Commerce & Tourism
• Mrs Norma Medina & Mrs Patricia Williamson – representing the Lions Club of Bargara
• Tom Pascoe and Ky Woods – representing the Bundaberg Surf Life Saving Club
• Heather Usher – representing the Bundaberg branch of the Red Cross
• Reverend Jennifer Lynn & Miss Molly Roberts – representing The Uniting Church Blue Care.
• &- representing the Lead Childcare Centre
• Elspeth Norton and Alexander Retchford – representing The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School
• Students Melissa James & Trish Cross– representing Coral Coast Early Education
• Students  Natalie Ephraims & Jacob Theuerkauf – representing the Bargara State School
• Students Mark Betts & Brea Wright – representing Kepnock State High School
• Students  &  – representing the students & staff of the Bundaberg Christian College
• Students  &  – representing students & staff of St Luke’s Anglican School
• Students  &  – representing Shalom College
• Students Aden Broadfoot & Christina McMahon – representing St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 
• Students  &  – representing the students and staff of St John’s Lutheran Primary School
• Students  & – representing the students and staff of Bundaberg State High School

The Lament TBA
The Ode – A/Prof. Brad Murphy
The Last Post  (Bugler, MrTom Anderson )
One Minute Silence
Rouse  (Bugler, Mr Tom Anderson)
New Zealand National Anthem – Bargara State School Choir
Australian National Anthem – Bargara State School Choir
Catafalque Party Dismissed
Parade Dismissed & Veterans invited to march with the band to the hotel for the Gunfire Breakfast

All members of the community are then invited to join them for a complimentary cooked breakfast 

Please note that veterans and their families will be given priority entry to the hotel

The Two-Up School will open in Bauer Street at 8.00am.