1/20Vietnam War veteran Leslie Palmer and former AAF servicewoman Nicole Wood at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
Lest We Forget: Mackay Remembrance Day in photos
The Mackay community gathered to keep alive the memory and honour of fallen soldiers in a moving Remembrance Day ceremony at the Jubilee Park.
2/20Vietnam War veteran Leslie Palmer with his wife Sue Palmer at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
3/20Mackay Councillors Alison Jones and Fran Mann at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
4/20MP Julieanne Gilberts, Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson and Councillor Michelle Green at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
5/20Graham Jackson at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
6/20Marie Walker and Sue Palmer at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
7/20Sue and Myles Plumb remembering their fathers and grandfathers at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
8/20Josephine Cronin remembering her father John Joseph Cronin who was a prisoner of war in World War II. Photo taken at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
9/20Marg Hannan with children at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
10/20Mackay residents gathered at Jubilee Park on Remembrance Day, 2021. Picture: Lillian Watkins
11/20Afghanistan veteran Bruce Ford at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
12/20Maludane Simeon at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
13/20Murray and Robyn Smith at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
14/20Reverend Jim Brown and Vietnam War veteran Ken Higgins at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
15/20Peter Gaden, Bill Rasmussen and Senior Constable Karl Verri at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
16/20Reverand Dr Julia Pitman and Ian Hamilton at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
17/20Sue Palmer, Vicki Higgins and Audrey Whitelaw at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
18/20Josephine Cronin, Sue Palmer, Diane Phelan, Graham Phelan, Marie Walker and Mac Walker at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
19/20Stuart (Robbie) Robertson at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
20/20Wreaths at the 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jubilee Park. Picture: Lillian Watkins
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