General News
14 November, 2023
Students pay respects
RESIDENTS across the region paused for a moment at a Remembrance Day service in Cobden to pay their respects to the servicemen and women who served in war.
Students placed poppies during the service.
The Australian flag was raised at the end of the service.
RESIDENTS across the region paused for a moment at a Remembrance Day service in Cobden to pay their respects to the servicemen and women who served in war.
In Cobden, the traditional Cobden Primary School service was held on Friday to mark the passing of the armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Members of the Cobden community also attended the service.
The school has been holding the service for more than 10 years which continued to be well supported by community members.
School principal Jarod Bacon led the service.
He said the school was proud to organise the service.
“Thank you to the community for coming along,” Mr Bacon said.
“The students have done some work building up to Remembrance Day for them to learn the significance of the day.”
Remembrance Day services continues the tradition of pausing at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month to commemorate our fallen.
Since 1914, more than 102,000 Australian service personnel have lost their lives in wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, making the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.
On Remembrance Day it is a tradition to honour the fallen by wearing a red poppy, the flower that grew in the battlefields of France and Belgium during the First World War.
Lest we forget.
