Anzac Day 2019: Dawn service Sydney and Central Coast guide

RSL sub-branches and other service organisations are preparing to remember the fallen in remembrance dawn services and marches on Anzac Day. See the guide to what’s happening in your suburb.

A image showing soldiers is projected on a building during the Anzac Day Dawn service at Martin Place in Sydney last year. Picture: AAP Image/David Moir

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RSL sub-branches and other service organisations are preparing to remember the fallen in remembrance services on Anzac Day on Thursday.

Here is your guide to what is happening in your suburb:

CITY

Anzac Day 2018 dawn service at Martin Place. Picture: Bill Hearne

At 4.30am the community will gather at the Cenotaph in Martin Place for the official state Dawn Service.

The dawn service includes a catafalque contingent, an Ode of Remembrance, Last Post bugle call, a minute’s silence, a Reveille played on a bugle and the laying of wreaths. Extra early-morning train and bus services will be running. Visit transportnsw.info or call Transport Infoline on 131 500 for more information.

Amelia Johnson sang at the Anzac Day Dawn Service in Martin Place last year.

The 2019 Anzac Day March will take place from 9am to 1pm at Elizabeth St. Participants will march south, they will observe the Act of Remembrance on the command “eyes left” as they pass the Anzac memorial in Hyde Park and will then disperse onto Liverpool St.

A commemoration service will be held at the ANZAC memorial in Hyde Park at 12.30pm.

The sunset service will start at the Cenotaph, Martin Place at 5pm. The NSW Ambulance band will play followed by the lowering of the flags.

Anzac Day Coloured Diggers March: Gather at the Redfern Community Centre for entertainment, and a cuppa from 11am.

From 2pm there will be a march in honour of our Coloured Diggers to Redfern Oval for ceremony and recognition.

Naval personnel marching on Anzac Day. PIcture: Jeremy Piper

INNER WEST

Dawn Service at Loyalty Square, Darling Street, Balmain at 6am.

Dawn Service at Petersham Town Hall, hosted by Petersham RSL Club, with doors opening from 5:40am for 6am start. Petersham Town Hall is at 107 Crystal Street, Petersham.

Burwood Anzac Commemoration Dawn Service and march.

Commemoration march 6am Church St, Burwood

Dawn Service 6.30am Burwood Park Memorial Arch

Drummoyne RSL ANZAC Day Service at Drummoyne Civic Centre, 1a Marlborough Street at 5:45am.

Concord RSL Club ANZAC Day Service at Concord RSL and Community Club, Nirranda Street at 5am.

EAST AND SOUTH EAST

Anzac Day dawn service at North Bondi RSL on Bondi beach. Picture: John Appleyard

North Bondi RSL: Dawn Service starts at 6am.

Botany: Dawn Service at Botany Cenotaph in Booralee Park, Bay St, meet at 6am. Community breakfast to follow.

Coogee Randwick Clovelly RSL Sub-Branch Dawn Service: 5.30am-6.30am at Coogee Beach.

Maroubra RSL Sub-Branch Dawn Service: 4.30am at Maroubra Cenotaph, opposite The Juniors at The Junction, Anzac Parade, Maroubra.

Matraville RSL Sub-Branch Dawn Service: 5am at Matraville Cenotaph, Norfolk Parade, Matraville.

NORTH SHORE

Anzac Day dawn service at Georges Heights. Picture: Elenor Tedenborg

Mosman Anzac Day Dawn Service: 5am at the Georges Heights old parade ground. The guest speaker is John Gaden AO.

North Sydney Anzac Day Dawn Service: 5.45am at the North Sydney War Memorial in St Leonards Park.

Chatswood RSL: Dawn Service - 5am in the Garden of Remembrance.

5am Dawn Service at Roseville Memorial park.

5.30am Dawn Service at Bicentennial Park West Pymble

7.15am commemoration service at Lane Cove Plaza

Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australian service men and women. Picture: AAP Image/Paul Braven

NORTHERN BEACHES

Dawn services on Anzac Day allow people to attend the 8.30am wreath-laying service at the cenotaph in Martin Place and the march from Martin Place to the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park that begins at 9am.

Manly Warringah Cabs will continue its long tradition of transporting Diggers from the RSL Veterans’ Retirement Village at Collaroy Plateau to the march, escorted by a contingent of police from the Northern Beaches Highway Patrol. The motorcade leaves the War Vets at 7.30am and will have a green light corridor all the way into the city.

The 5.30am Dawn Service at Dee Why Beach continues to grow in size, last year attracting an estimated crowd of 10,000 people.

Dee Why beach Anzac Day dawn service attendees pin poppies on to a large 100 sign. Picture: Adam Yip

Manly Dam and the Oxford Falls Peace Park will be alight with the glow of candles and the sound of the bagpipes for the dawn Anzac Day service. The 6am service at the Peace Park at the corner of Dreadnought Rd and Wakehurst Parkway, has run for more than 50 years and last year, with the support of the Beacon Hill Rural Fire Brigade, the service attracted more than 800 people.

The Manly Dam service, at the end of King St, Manly Vale, will start at 5.30am with a traditional piper, bugler and guard of honour. The service last year, organised by Warringah Council and the Manly Warringah War Memorial Regional Park Remembrance Trust, attracted more than 1000 people.

Invictus Games gold medallists Ben Webb and Adrian Talbot at Dee Why RSL Club’s dawn service.

A Dawn Service is held at Forestville RSL Club at 5.30am.

Another large service is the march through Avalon that begins at 10.45am to Avalon RSL Club’s war memorial, where the commemoration begins about 11.15am.

The final service of the day is at 5pm at Collaroy Beach, in front of the Beach Club.

WEST

4.15am Dawn Service followed by march from RSL club to the Cenotaph in Prince Alfred Square. Held by Parramatta RSL

4.30am, Dawn Service at Prince Alfred Square followed by breakfast in RSL club’s Auditorium. Held by Parramatta RSL

5am Dawn Service at Charles Mance Reserve. Held by the Merrylands RSL

5am Dawn Service at Remembrance Park, Joseph St, Lidcombe. Held by Dooleys

6am Dawn Service at Auburn War Memorial, corner of Station Rd and Rawson St, Auburn

ANZAC Day dawn service at Prince Alfred Park in Parramatta. Picture: Toby Zerna

6am Dawn Service held at Granville Diggers Club, corner of William St and Memorial Ave

Blacktown RSL Club: 5.15am: Anzac march, 5.30am: Dawn Service and 6.30am: Members’ complimentary sausage sizzle.

Seven Hills Toongabbie RSL Club: 5am: Anzac march starts at Seven Hills railway station. 5.30am: Anzac Dawn Service at Seven Hills Toongabbie RSL Club cenotaph. 6.30am: Complimentary breakfast for attendees

Pinegrove Memorial Park: 5am: Anzac march starts. 5.30am: Anzac Dawn Service

Riverstone Schofields Memorial Club: 6am: Anzac Dawn Service at Riverstone cenotaph. 7am: Anzac Day breakfast. 1.30pm: Two-up begins

MACARTHUR

Anzac march in Sydney. Picture: Jeremy Piper

Camden RSL Dawn Service: 5.15am at Camden Bicentennial Equestrian Park Memorial Site

Camden ANZAC Day march: 10.30am on Argyle St

Camden community service: 11am at the Camden Bicentennial Equestrian Park

Campbelltown RSL Dawn Service: 5.40am at Mawson Park

Campbelltown main service: 8.30am march along Queen St, official ceremony at Mawson Park starts at 9am

SOUTH-WEST

Ingleburn Dawn Service: 4.45am at Ingleburn RSL Sub Branch Memorial Garden, 70 Chester Rd, Ingleburn

Ingleburn main service: 10am at Ingleburn RSL Sub Branch memorial garden

An Anzac Day Dawn Service will be held at Bigge Park on April 25, starting with a march from Club Liverpool at 5.15am. Dawn Service of Remembrance will begin at 5.30am with a free breakfast and variety show at Club Liverpool afterwards. The dawn service will be conducted by the City of Liverpool Sub Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia.

NORTH-WEST

6am, Dawn Service at Forest Park in Epping. Held by Epping RSL.

6am, Dawn Service at Riverstone Cenotaph, Riverstone Parade

5.45am, march at the War Memorial, Centenary of Anzac Reserve, Wrights Rd, Castle Hill

4.40am, march form up outside the War Memorial Hall, High St, Hornsby. 5am, Dawn Service at Hornsby Cenotaph. 6am, breakfast at Hornsby RSL Club showroom. 6am, Dawn Service Glenorie War Memorial

CENTRAL COAST

Central Coast combined surf clubs re-enact the first landing during the dawn service at Terrigal Beach in 2017. Picture: Peter Clark

Dawn Service at Davistown RSL Club Memorial Wall 6am. Two-up: In the auditorium 1pm-4pm. Breakfast available in Broadwater restaurant from 6.30am. Coffee available from 6.30am.

Dawn Service at 5am at Doyalson Wyee RSL Club. Main March: Leaves from Raw Challenge Course, Pacific Hwy at 8.30am. March south along Pacific Hwy, turn left into Wentworth Ave, then left into the RSL grounds and proceed to the Sub-Branch Cenotaph. Main service: 9am at the club.

Main Service at 11am at the Empire Bay Cenotaph, Sorrento Rd, Empire Bay.

Tens of thousands of people commemorate Anzac Day every year. Picture:Peter Clark

Dawn Service at 6am at Gosford Memorial Park after march from Gosford Police Station, Mann St at 5.45am to Memorial Park at 5.46am. Main march: Parade forms in Donnison St Gosford, near Kibble Park at 10.15am. March off at 10.30am from Donnison St, moving to Mann St and to Memorial Park. Main Service 10.30am at Memorial Park Gosford.

Main service at the Hardys Bay club at 11am. Two-up from 2pm.

Dawn Service at 5.30am at Ourimbah RSL Club memorial. Breakfast served 6.30am. Two-up from 11am on the greens. Main march starts 1.30pm along Yates Rd, Ourimbah, and continues south along Pacific Hwy, past the club, turn right into Dogtrap Rd and then left into Ourimbah Public School grounds.

Dawn Service at 5.30am at Patonga War Memorial. Breakfast free at the progress hall.

Main Service at 10am, Pearl Beach Memorial Hall.

Dawn Service starts 5.45am at Terrigal Beach cenotaph after march at 5.30am from Church St, along Campbell Cres and the Esplanade to the Cenotaph. Main service is held at 11am at Breakers Country Club, 64 Dover Rd, Wamberal.

Dawn Service starts at Toukley 5.20am, assemble at Toukley RSL Athol St carpark 5:10am for march to Cenotaph. Bacon and egg roll breakfast from 6am. Marchers will assemble Canton Beach Rd marshalling area for march to club Cenotaph at 9.45am. Main service begins at 10.30am at cenotaph. Two-up held from 1pm until 4pm in the upstairs function room at Toukley RSL.

Terrigal-Wamberal RSL Sub Branch, ANZAC Day dawn service, Terrigal Beach. Picture:Peter Clark

Dawn Service 5.30am at Memorial Park, The Entrance Breakfast at Diggers@TheEntrance 6am to 8am (ticket holders only). March begins at 11.30am, meet outside police station in Denning St. March down The Entrance Rd to the Cenotaph. Memorial Service at Memorial Park Cenotaph from 11.45am The RSL Club 20-seater bus will leave Diggers at 5.10am sharp.

Dawn Service 5.30am at Memorial Park, Brickwharf Rd after march from Woy Woy Railway Station at 5.15am. Breakfast at Ettalong Diggers from 6am. March from Deepwater Plaza carpark at 10am to Memorial Park. Main service 10.30am at Memorial Park, Brickwharf Rd.

Dawn Service held at 5.30am at Club Wyong RSL Memorial. Main service 9am at the Cenotaph, Wyong Town Park, Rankens Ct, Wyong. Main march 10.30am from Wyong Town Park to Club Wyong RSL forecourt.

SOUTH

Anzac Day dawn services will be held all over Sydney. Picture: Adam Yip

Arncliffe RSL: Dawn Service at the Arncliffe Park Cenotaph, 6am.

Bexley RSL: Dawn Service at the club, 6am.

Brighton Le Sands RSL: Dawn Service at the club, 6am.

Bundeena RSL: Dawn Service at Bundeena War Memorial, 6am.

Caringbah RSL: March at 4am and Dawn Service at War Memorial Garden Caringbah, 4.20am.

Club On East, Sutherland: Dawn Service at Peace Park, 5.30am.

Cronulla RSL: Dawn Service at Monro Park, 5.30am.

Earlwood/Bardwell Park RSL: Dawn Service and march at the club, 5.45am.

Engadine RSL: Dawn Service at Engadine Community War Memorial, 5.30am.

Kingsgrove RSL: March and Dawn service at the club, 6.45am.

Club Central Menai: Dawn Service at Memorial Wall Park Menai, 5.15am.

Miranda RSL: Dawn Service at Seymour Shaw Cenotaph, 5.45am.

Club Oatley RSL: Dawn Service at Penshurst War Memorial, 6am.

Ramsgate RSL: March from Sans Souci Library, 6.30am.

South Hurstville RSL: Dawn Service at the club, 6am.

Woronora River RSL: Dawn Service at Woronora River RSL, 6am.

ILLAWARRA

This year marks 103 years since the first commemoration of ANZAC services across the Illawarra.

A Dawn Service will be held at Wollongong Cenotaph, McCabe Park hosted by the Wollongong RSL Sub-Branch. The march will form outside City Diggers and end at the Cenotaph. Arrive at 4.45am for 5am service.

Wollongong’s Anzac Day March will commence in lower Crown Street Mall turning right into Kembla Street, right into Burelli Street, left into Church Street, past the Cenotaph in McCabe Park, and dispersing into McCabe Park after Pioneer Hall. The following service will begin at 11am.

The march from Corrimal RSL to the Memorial at Anzac Grove off Railway will begin at 5.45am. The march will be followed by a Dawn Service at the memorial, starting at 6am.

Meet at eastern end of Cater Street, Coledale, at 5.45am for march to Coledale RSL for a 6am Dawn Service. Coledale RSL will host an ANZAC Day breakfast for a gold coin donation following the service.

Picture from the Anzac Day 2018 dawn service. Picture: Bill Hearne

March from car park adjacent to Austinmer Surf Club to Austinmer War Memorial, muster at 5.45am, with a service at 6am. The service will be followed by breakfast at Thirroul Bowling Club.

A Dawn Service will also be held at William Woodward Park, Thirroul. Muster at 5.45am, with a service at 6am.

A Dawn Service will be held at the Anzac Memorial at Dapto Railway Station at 6am.

A service will also be held at Dapto Citizens Bowling Club prior to commencement of bowls 12pm.

A Dawn Service will be held at Charles Harper Memorial Park at 5.45am. Breakfast will follow at Helensburgh Tradies.

A small service will be held at Port Kembla RSL club at 6am.

A service will be held at Stanwell Tops Memorial Park at 10am followed by refreshments, hosted by the Lions Club of Helensburgh.

Silhouette of a World War I bugler. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Parade commences from Lake Illawarra Hotel carpark to Club Windang for service 7.45am parade followed by service at Club Windang.

To mark the Centenary of Anzac, the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society will honour our servicemen and women with a flyover during a special service at Shellharbour City Memorial from 7.35am. Members of the Warilla and Albion Park RSL Sub-Branches will be in attendance.

A Dawn Service will be held at Albion Park RSL Club at 4.30am, followed by breakfast at 5am. A bus will take guests to the Shellharbur City ANZAC Service following breakfast at 7am.

Warilla RSL Sub-Branch will host a service at Caroline Chisolm Park, Shellharbour Village from 6am. A 9.45am march and 10am service will also be held at the Warilla Bowls & Recreation Cenotaph.

A 9am march will begin at Ayers Lane car park, marching down Kingston St, Oak Flats. A service will follow at the Oak Flats Bowling & Recreation Club at 9.10am.