Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On Sunday, 9 August I attended Mannering Park's commemoration of the centenary of the Battle of Lone Pine. The service was conducted by Doyalson RSL in conjunction with the Mannering Park community. Mannering Park is a very special place. It has won Tidy Town awards and has a really strong sense of community. On this day, the President of the Mannering Park 355 Hall Committee, Trevor Wrightson, talked about the history of the propagation of pine cones from the original Lone Pine at Gallipoli, and the Reverend Bruce Edgell, a retired Uniting Church minister, gave a very moving address on Gallipoli and on Australia's involvement at Gallipoli. It was a day that brought the community together, and the president of Doyalson RSL also spoke. There was a real reckoning and remembrance of the significance of war memorials in Australia, and I was pleased to lay a wreath with my colleague Yasmin Catley and Councillor Doug Vincent, who were also present at this commemoration of the centenary of the Battle of Lone Pine.