1/30Mirani MP Stephen Andrew at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
MEGA GALLERY: Anzac Day Dawn Service at Half Tide Beach
Hundreds gathered by the seaside for a touching commemoration as special guest Judith Sheean wore the first Victoria Cross awarded to a navy veteran.
2/30Kat Talty, of Hay Point, with Cliff Misoge and husband Sam Talty at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
3/30Australian Navy Cadets at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
4/30Former Navy cadets executive officer Nathan Rankin, of Bucasia, with daughter Taylah, 9, and wife Linda Rankin, who was a former training officer with the Navy cadets, at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
5/30Sergeant Mick Jones with Mackay Regional Council deputy mayor Karen May and councillor Justin Englert and other community members at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
6/30Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
7/30Australian Navy Cadets at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
8/30Jaymee Pryce, of McEwens Beach with daughter Regan Chappel, 21 months, at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
9/30Australian Navy Cadets Chief Petty Officer Kate Morris with fellow Chief Petty Officer Anita Pender and cadets: Leading Seaman Beth Crompton, Able Seaman Annalise Kliendienst, Seaman Amber France, Seaman Ella Brennan and Seaman Hannah Wall at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
10/30Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
11/30Vietnam War veteran Tom Andrew with daughter Lisa Andrews at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
12/30Mackay and District Pipe Band piper Harrison Lamb with community members at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
13/30Anzac Day Dawn Service, Half Tide Beach, 2021. Picture: Chloe Waddell
14/30Alligator Creek State School students at Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
15/30Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
16/30Vietnam War veteran Tom Andrews, who served with the Royal Australian Navy, leading the Dawn Service at Half Tide Beach on Anzac Day, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
17/30Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
18/30Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
19/30Daryl Townson, of Hay Point with Ooralea residents Gordon Erickson and his wife Barbara Erickson at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
20/30Vietnam Veteran Tom Andrews Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
21/30Mackay Regional Council deputy mayor Karen May, councillor Justin Englert, Judith Sheean, Lisa Andrews and Mirani MP Stephen Andrew at Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
22/30Australian Navy cadets at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
23/30Veterans at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
24/30Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
25/30Veterans raising the flags at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
26/30Judith Sheean and Lisa Andrews at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
27/30The veterans walking onto the parade grounds at the Anzac Day Dawn Service at Half Tide Beach, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
28/30Alligator Creek State School students at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
29/30Judith Sheehan, the niece of the late Teddy Sheehan, who received a posthumous Victoria Cross for his heroic actions 78 years after dying in battle during World War II. Pictured at the Half Tide Beach Dawn Service, Anzac Day 2021, wearing Teddy's medals (top) and her late husband William Sheehan's medals. Picture: Heidi Petith
30/30An Australian Navy cadet with Mackay and District Pipe Band piper Harrison Lamb at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
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