2022 Shoalhaven Anzac Day services

After two interrupted years due to COVID-19, Anzac Day commemorations in the Shoalhaven are back in full force.

The Shoalhaven program is -

Berry - A march will step off at 10.30am from outside the Berry RSL Sub-Branch Hall in Alexandra Street. A commemorative service will start at approximately 10.45am and follow the standard format for previous years.

Bomaderry - At 5.45am a dawn service will be held at Walsh Memorial Park in Bomaderry which will be open to the public. The main service, for those marching to Walsh Park, will assemble at the Bomaderry RSL Club at 9am and will step off at 9.15, with the service to follow at the cenotaph.

Callala Beach - A memorial service will be held at the cenotaph in the grounds of the Callala RSL Country Club starting at 10am.

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Culburra Beach - An informal dawn service will start at 6am. Attendees please be at the Culburra War Memorial, Fred Evans Lane, before 6am. The Culburra march will form up at the Culburra Bowling and Recreation Club car park at 10.10am, stepping off at 10.20am, march to the war memorial at Fred Evans Lane, Culburra Beach. Note - Road works may prevent the march being held.

Greenwell Point - The Nowra RSL Sub-Branch will hold the dawn service. Form up at 5.10am outside the Memorial Hall, march off at 5.25am to Anzac Park for the service. Anzac breakfast at Greenwell Point Memorial Hall at conclusion of service. Tea/Coffee, hot soup, sausage sandwiches etc.

Gerringong - Gerringong RSL Sub-Branch will be conducting its Anzac Day Dawn Service at 6am. The dawn service is held at the Memorial Plaque and flag pole on the headland at the eastern end of Belinda Street and southern end of Tasman Drive. The concrete pathway leads to the service area.

HMAS Creswell public service - Dawn service - 6am start - The Royal Australian Naval College on the shores of Jervis Bay stages a dawn service for personnel and the local Jervis Bay community. There will be limited space available, so those planning to attend are urged to arrive in plenty of time to get onto the base, park your car and make your way to the memorial garden.

Huskisson - A march will assemble from 10am, stepping off at 10.30am along Hawke Street, proceeding down Owen Street, turning at the end of the street, then proceeding into Currambene Street to Voyager Park with a service at 11am. A special feature this year will be a 50-piece brass band from Trinity Grammar School in Sydney.

Kangaroo Valley - Assemble at the Friendly Inn at 9.45am with a short march to the cenotaph. The march starts at 10am followed by the service. Moss Vale Road will be closed between 9am and noon. There will also be a Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) flyover.

Nowra - The Nowra RSL Sub-Branch march will form up at 10.10am outside the post office on Junction Street, near Berry Street. March off 10.30am to the Nowra memorial at the corner of Junction and West streets. Service to start at 11am.

Milton-Ulladulla - The Milton Ulladulla ExServos Club and Milton Ulladulla RSL Sub-Branch will be hosting a dawn service at the Milton Ulladulla ExServos Club, Princes Highway, Ulladulla at 5.45am. At Milton the march is on the Princes Highway, muster at the corner of Church Street and Princes Highway at 10.15am. Main service at the cenotaph in Memorial Park, Milton at 11.15am.

Shoalhaven Heads - A dawn service will take place at the Shoalhaven Heads Memorial Park just before 6am. Assemble at 5.30am adjacent to the village shops in Shoalhaven Heads Road, with march to start at 5.45am to the Shoalhaven Heads Memorial Park via Shoalhaven Heads Road for the service.

St Georges Basin Memorial Service - Assemble at the Lions Park Memorial, Island Point Road (opposite Sourdough bakery) at 10.50am for service starting at 11am.

Sussex Inlet - Dawn service to be held at the Sussex Inlet RSL War Memorial on Jacobs Drive. The service starts at 6am. March form up from 9.30am at the Sub Branch Memorial Hall, 18 Nielson Road. March 400m down Jacobs Drive (main street) to RSL War Memorial for main service.

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