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Kendall embraced the community aspect of Anzac Day with a wonderful turnout for the 2017 Anzac Day main service on Tuesday.
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Led by the local RSL sub-branch and president Lance Gainey, the service had a strongly focused sense of community.
Mr Gainey praised Kendall residents for supporting the sub-branch at the dawn service – where about 150 attended – and the main service which attracted a crowd between 400 and 500 people.
“It was a wonderful turnout,” he said.
The short march up to the cenotaph was led by returned service men and women while representatives from the rural fire service, the Kendall Pony Club, Kendall community pre-school, and the Camden Haven Sea Scouts also adding to the service.
Mr Gainey congratulated the Kendall community for ‘helping make our services bigger and bigger each year’.
“The pre-school children actually created the decorations you see around the trees and the cenotaph while the pony club has been a consistent supporter of our Anzac Day services for many years,” he said.
“The sub-branch are part of this community and we thank everyone who comes down here and supports us over the years.
“So we appreciate your support and, as such, we will from time to time make some contributions to continue to be part of this community.”
Former Kendall Central School and high school student Wayne Walsh led the march.
Now a petty officer combat system supervisor, Wayne is currently serving on HMAS Canberra.
After leaving school in 1996 he eventually joined the Navy where he has spent the last 19 years.
He said Anzac Day meant a lot to him.
“I’ve served in the Middle East and a great uncle Clay Bourke served in the forces during the bombings at Darwin as well as Papua New Guinea and on Kokoda,” he said.
“For me, today means a time of remembrance for those who have served and for those who currently serve.”