ONE hundred years after the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli, Noorat finally has its own memorial to honour the fallen.
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The bronze plaque will be unveiled during the town’s first ever Anzac Day service on Saturday morning.
A project of the Noorat and District Residents Association, it will stand at the corner of Mackinnons Bridge Road and Glenormiston Road. The plaque has been set into a large boulder surrounded by a garden established by the town’s garden club and filled with Gallipoli Centenary roses and rosemary plants.
The Noorat Anzac service will begin at 7.30am and include readings, a lone piper, poetry by primary pupils, reflections of local residents and a wreath-laying ceremony.
Terang will host its first dawn service this year, with the doors to the RSL Hall opening at 4.15am for the 5am service which will be followed by refreshments.
The main service will begin in the hall at 10am followed by a march to the memorial for a wreath-laying ceremony about 10.45am.
