From Dawn Services to games of two-up, residents across Parramatta and Cumberland will remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country this ANZAC Day.
Every year on April 25, Australians everywhere come together for a day of national remembrance to honour those who have served and continue to serve.
Locally, a range of services will be held at dawn – the time of the original landing in Gallipoli – to commemorate ANZAC Day.
In Parramatta, a Dawn Service will be hosted by the Parramatta RSL sub-Branch at the War Memorial and Cenotaph in Prince Alfred Square at 4.30am. There will not be a march this year.
Club Parramatta will also be open from 9am, serving up a range of ANZAC Day specials for both lunch and dinner.
The Epping RSL sub-Branch ANZAC Dawn service will kick off at 6am at the War Memorial and Cenotaph in Forest Park, Epping.
All veterans who would like to parade are encouraged to assemble at the stairs off Blaxland Road in Epping at 5.45am, where the march will then begin.
Over in Merrylands, the Dawn Service will start at 5am for the 5.15am march at Charles Mance Reserve. The Granville service will begin at 6am at Granville Memorial Drive, followed by breakfast at the Granville Diggers Club
The Auburn Dawn Service at Auburn Memorial Park will also commence at 6am.
Following the dissolvement of the Lidcombe RSL sub-Branch, the ANZAC Day Dawn Service hosted at Remembrance Park, Lidcombe, will no longer go ahead – including the breakfast following the dawn service at DOOLEYS Lidcombe Catholic Club.
Those who would have attended this event are instead encouraged to join the annual DOOLEYS Regent’s Park ANZAC Day commemoration service at 1pm at Regent Street Pavilion, in partnership with Heartbeat Church.
For those looking to be involved in a day service, Guildford Leagues Club will hold a mid-morning service at 10:30am, followed by light refreshments.
Club Merrylands Bowling is also inviting both members and guests to pay their respects to those who have served and continue to serve at a 10.30am service.
Albion Hotel, Merrylands RSL Club, The Epping Club and Silverwater Hotel are just some of the local venues that will be hosting games of two-up in the afternoon, along with food specials.
Lest we forget.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.