Anzac Day, 2011.

I am not a morning person. The one and only day of the year that I am motivated to get up before sunrise is on Anzac day, to attend the dawn service, along with many others. In fact, each year thousands of people ranging in age from the elderly to the very young, gather at War memorials around Australia, attending various commemoration services to pay their respects to the Anzacs- whose courage and bravery is legendary. This year commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Seige of Tobruk and Battle for Greece and Crete.

Sutherland Library Service offers a comprehensive collection of information resources for all ages about these battles and other events relating to Gallipoli and Anzac day. There are simple junior non fiction books to share with your children and grandchildren, as well as wide range of other items available for loan to any interested library members.

So although the library will be closed for the Anzac Day public holiday, do make time to come into the library before then and discover more about this very important part of Australian wartime history.

“Lest we forget”

Anzac Day, 2011.