Anzac, 1965

Overnight rain which threatened to put a damper on the 50th anniversary Anzac Parade in Gisborne cleared away as if by magic and left sunny skies and warm temperatures for the occasion. There was a notable attendance of Gallipoli veterans, for this was their day, the jubilee of the desperate landings from which the very name of Anzac was born, and they marched with a jauntier step for the memory of it.

Pride of place in the parade was taken by the regimental colour of the Hawkes Bay Regiment, now part of the Wellington Regiment of the 7th Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, which was on display in Gisborne for the first time. The redsashed colour party was followed by two sections of men from the Gisborne garrison. whose precision marching and drill was a feature of the parade.

The guest speaker at the ceremony was Mr E. R. Black, a former trooper of the Anzac landing.

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The colour party at the memorial. They are Lt. R. Hardie, Sgt. G. Hokianga, Sgt. K. Jones, and (obscured) Staff Sgt. L. Watson.

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Mr Phillips laying the R.S.A. wreath

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Cadets from Gisborne Boys' High School and girls from the Girls' High School line the river bank in front of veterans from two World Wars.