Northern Health held their annual Anzac Day service at Bundoora Centre on Thursday (April 21).
Attendees gathered to pay tribute and remember those who made great sacrifices to make the country a safer place.
Executive Director of Quality Safety and Transformation, Dr Bill Shearer and Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Lisa Cox opened the service.
“On 25 April, 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed on Gallipoli, the first military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War,” Dr Shearer said.
“Today, we remember and honour the 60,000 Australians who were killed, and 156,000 wounded or taken prisoner in that war. We remember the more than 3000 Australian civilian nurses, who volunteered for active service in the First World War. We also remember over 800 Aboriginal Australians who landed at Gallipoli, 13 of whom were killed in action.”
“As Sir William Deane, Governor-General of Australia said: “Anzac is not merely about loss. It is about courage, and endurance, and duty, and love of country, and mateship, and good humour and the survival of a sense of self-worth and decency in the face of dreadful odds,” Bill said.
Representatives from Northern Health were joined by local MPs, Ambulance Victoria, RSL representatives and Defence Force School of Signals.
The Northern Health Choir performed at their very first Anzac Day service, singing The Lord’s Prayer, the national anthem and I Am Australian.
Northside Christian College captains, Abigail Ramanathan and Isabelle Kluchkovsky gave the Anzac address.
The service was followed by a morning tea.
