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Anzac Day Commemorated

More than 200 exservicemen and women marched through Nelson to the beat of drums and the skirl of pipes on Anzac Day. Hundreds of people, young and old, attended the 90-minute service of remembrance at the Church Steps.

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A section of the main parade listen to the address by Mr E. J. Brewster, headmaster of Nelson College, during the service

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Mr Brewster

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In the foreground are some of the young people at the service and facing the camera are Gallipoli veterans who attended. From left: Messrs E. R. Wastney, N. McConochie, C. Warnes (second row), R. G. Sparrow, C. Moore and F. Field

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The Church Steps were crowded with Cubs and Brownies

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The Mayor, Roy McLennan, and Town Clerk, Ash Levestam, in the procession of wreath layers

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Representatives of St John Ambulance and Girls' Brigades lay their wreaths at the memorial beside the Cathedral

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The Nelson Silver Citizens Band leads a section of the parade after the service at the Church Steps

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To the skirl of pipes and the beat of drums the parade moved away from the Church Steps

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More than 200 ex-servicemen and women attended the parade