Clancy Morgan honoured her great-grandfather with his medals proudly adorning her Whitsunday Anglican School uniform. The Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service in 2021 commemorates the Australian Light Horse troops. Picture: Lillian Watkins
The Year 10 student said she was honoured to wear them at the Kuttabul Dawn Service, a special commemoration that remembers those who served and the Australian Light Horse brigade.
Hundreds of people rose early to gather at the Remembrance Garden in the Hampden State School. Whitsunday Anglican School Year 10 student Clancy Morgan at the Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service 2021. Picture: Lillian Watkins
School children were among the many gathered to lay wreaths for those who had died serving their country.
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Residents have returned to Anzac Day Dawn Services this year, with the dayâs first light showing the huge crowds paying their respects.
The Daily Mercury is covering the day starting with the Jubilee Park Dawn Service.
Photos and stories from across the region will be published here throughout the day.
Kuttabulâs tradition still honouring our Anzacs
Three riders and their horses lead the march that commenced the Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service to the sounds of bagpipes across the chill air.
The Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service was attended by hundreds of Mackay region locals to commemorate those who served and in particular the Australian Light Horse brigade.
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Bloomsbury:
Dawn Service, 5.30am, Bloomsbury Soldier‘s Hall, Doughertys Road, Bloomsbury
Calen/St Helens: Dawn Service, 5.20am and another service at 11am, Calen Memorial Hall, McIntyre Street
Eton: Dawn Service, 5am, Langford Park, Telegraph Street, Eton
Farleigh: Dawn Service, 5.30am Cenotaph, Farleigh Sugar Mill Grounds, Armstrong Street, Farleigh
Finch Hatton: Dawn Service, 4.28am and another evening service at 6.15pm, Finch Hatton Cenotaph, Anzac Parade, Finch Hatton
Gargett: Morning Service, 8am, Gargett War Memorial, opposite the Gargett Pub, Gargett Septimus Rd and Jim Moule Street, Gargett
Greenmount Homestead: Dawn Service, 6.40am, Greenmount Homestead, Greenmount Road, Greenmount
Hay Point/ Half Tide Beach: Dawn Service, 5.30am, ‘The Shack’, Half Tide Esplanade
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Mackay Regional Council is considering a request to rename the northern section of beach south of Mackay to honour those who have served the country.
The section covers the reserve frontage to Hay Point’s Half Tide Beach and extends from the entrance off Highwater Islet Drive to the entrance off McCarthy Street, south of Chain Lane.
If it is approved, the section will be renamed Half Tide Memorial Beach Park. The Mackay Regional Council is considering a request to rename part of Grendon Park to Half Tide Memorial Park. Picture: Mackay Regional Council
The area has traditionally been the location of many community-hosted wartime remembrance events including an annual Anzac Day Dawn Service and has a landmark cenotaph of cultural significance.