Hundreds braved the rain to pay their respects to the ANZAC soldiers at the South West Rocks dawn service held today.
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The ANZAC commemorations began at 5.30am at the South West Rocks memorial.
ANZAC Day Services in the region will continue throughout the morning:
- South Kempsey Cemetary, a congregation will assemble at 7am
- West Kempsey Cemetary, a group will pay their respects at 7.20am
- Marches will assemble next to the service station on Sydney St in Kempsey at 10.15am to march to the East Kempsey Cenotaph at 10.30am for a 10.55am ANZAC Day service.
- Marchers will assemble at the Stuarts Point Bowling Club at 10.30am for a 10.40am departure, with an ANZAC Day service to be held at the memorial at 11am.
- A dawn service was held at Willawarrin at 5.20am and another ANZAC Commemoration Service will be at 9am.
- A dawn service was also held at South West Rocks and there will be another ANZAC service at 11am with a luncheon at the South West Rocks Country Club to follow.
- In other parts of the Macleay commemoration services will be held as follows: Bellbrook 10.55am, Crescent Head 9am, Frederickton 9am, Gladstone 10.55am and Hat Head 10am at the Bowling Club.
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Callum McGregor
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