By KATH GANNAWAY
FROM dawn through to dusk, the sacrifice of men and women who bravely fought for their country over the past century was remembered at Anzac Day services along the Warburton Highway.
Hundreds gathered in the half light of dawn at Millgrove and Yarra Junction, in a ceremony that found its inspiration in the long-standing practice for soldiers on the battlefield to be alert at one of the most favoured times for an attack.
Services at cenotaphs at Wandin Yallock, Yarra Junction and Warburton reflected today’s communities with schools, sporting and service clubs, Federal and State MPs, Yarra Ranges Council councillors, RSLs, Scouts, Guides and generations of families with and without immediate connections to their district’s servicemen and women, paying tribute.
In the afternoon, the annual Anzac Day Shield clash between Warburton and Healesville started with The Ode and finished as the sun set with Warburton claiming the 2014 shield.
