Gold Coasters will pause this morning for Remembrance Day, with services being held across the city.
A minute’s silence will be held at 11am in memory of fallen soldiers.
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month marks the anniversary of the Armistice that ended fighting with Germany in World War I in 1918.
But it’s a chance to remember all fallen soldiers, with 103,000 Australians lost to war.
“Remembrance Day is all about stopping, pausing, remembering those people who paid the ultimate sacrifice fighting for what we now enjoy in Australia, that freedom we enjoy every day,” RSL QLD Vice President Arran Hassall said.
Mr Hassall says there are a number of ways people can commemorate those who have been lost to war.
“It can be as simple as pausing for a minute’s silence at 11 o’clock, or it could be buying a poppy and wearing a poppy to remember those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.”
Remembrance Day services on the Gold Coast:
- Burleigh Heads: Burleigh Heads Memorial Park – 10.30-11.45
- Canungra: DJ Smith Memorial Park – 10.30-1130
- Coolangatta: Queen Elizabeth II Park – 10.45-11.30
- Currumbin: Currumbin RSL Cenotaph – 10.00-15.00
- Helensvale: Club Helensvale – 10.30-12.00
- Mudgeeraba: Elsie Laver Park – 10.40 – 11.20
- Runaway Bay: Anzac Place Cenotaph – 10.30-11.30
- Southport: Broadwater Parklands Cenotaph – 10.30-11.15
- Springbrook: Carrick Rd – 10.50-11.20
- Surfers Paradise: Cenotaph Cavill Park – 10.15-12.00
- Tweed Heads – Chris Cunningham Park – 10.45-11.30 (NSW time)
