Today I was able to reflect onthe Remembrance Day Ceremonies in our local area, in a Community Recognition Statement tabled in the Parliament of New South Wales:



The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month attained a special significance in the years following the First World War. The moment when hostilities ceased on the Western Front became universally associated with the remembrance of those who had died in that war, and in all wars.

I was honoured to take part in the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Adamstown War Memorial on 11th November 2019. Other were held in Redhead, Cardiff and Dudley.

Those of us gathered there from the Adamstown RSL Sub-branch and local community were able to take time to reflect on the hardships endured by men, women and children in every war, and to remember our military personnel on active service on our behalf today.

I am grateful to all those who took part in the ceremony including Gerard Williams, President of the Adamstown ANZAC Committee; Rob Russell, CEO of Awabakal Aboriginal Land Council; Father Chris Bird, Parish Priest of Adamstown; Lieutenant Emma Watson, Sue Maxworthy, Kotara South Public School; Saint Columbas School who sang the anthem, and Gary Mitchell who spoke about five soldiers from Morgan Street Adamstown who died in the First World War.

Lest we forget.