Anzac Service At Gisborne

Beautiful weather prevailed for the annual Anzac Day service at Gisborne, when big crowds mustered to pay tribute in remembrance of the district's war dead.

They saw an impressive parade of returned men, and heard from the Rev. T. V. Pearson, E.D. and Bar, L.Th., C.F., vicar of Gisborne, an inspiring address in which he made a plea that rejoicing as well as solemn remembrance should be a part of Anzac Day.

The day began with a Dawn Parade when over 500 returned men assembled at the waterfront and marched to the Cenotaph.

For the citizens' service which followed, the parade marched from the War Memorial Hall to the river bank opposite the Cenotaph for the service, after which it reformed and marched over the Kaiti bridge and past the memorial.

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The scene at the Memorial, showing units of the parade on the opposite river-bank

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Buglers sounding the Last Post

Our pictures of the parade were taken on the Kaiti bridge following the service, as members marched across to the Memorial.

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Old "Digs" on the march, headed by Brigadier Varnham, Captain Samuels, Colonel Gambrill, and veterans of the South African War.

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The Gisborne Municipal Band headed the procession.

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First World War men in the parade.