ANZAC DAY GALLERY, VIDEO: Wodonga dawn service 'just gets bigger and bigger'

By Di Thomas
Updated April 26 2014 - 11:31am, first published 8:00am
A member of the catafalque party stands guard at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove. Pictures: DAVID THORPE
A member of the catafalque party stands guard at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove. Pictures: DAVID THORPE
Wodonga RSL president Kevyn Williams lays a wreath at the cenotaph at Woodland Grove.
Wodonga RSL president Kevyn Williams lays a wreath at the cenotaph at Woodland Grove.
The Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
The Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
The Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
The Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
The Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
The Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
A member of the catafalque party stands guard at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
A member of the catafalque party stands guard at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
A member of the catafalque party stands guard at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
A member of the catafalque party stands guard at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
Wodonga Vietnam Veterans Club. Peter Reilly from Baranduda and Jaimie Yates from Wodonga.
Wodonga Vietnam Veterans Club. Peter Reilly from Baranduda and Jaimie Yates from Wodonga.
Breakfast at the Wodonga RSL sub-branch.
Breakfast at the Wodonga RSL sub-branch.
Breakfast at the Wodonga RSL sub-branch. Mark Thompson, from Wodonga, Jacob Frauenfelder, 13 from Baranduda, Emma Frauenfelder, 12, from Baranduda and Patrick Sommerfield, 13 from Wodonga.
Breakfast at the Wodonga RSL sub-branch. Mark Thompson, from Wodonga, Jacob Frauenfelder, 13 from Baranduda, Emma Frauenfelder, 12, from Baranduda and Patrick Sommerfield, 13 from Wodonga.
Kate Tittensor from Wodonga helps serve up breakfast.
Kate Tittensor from Wodonga helps serve up breakfast.
Hamish and Jessica Robinson from Wodonga with their children Lachlan, 6 and Matilda, 4. They were in line for a big breakfast at the RSL Club.
Hamish and Jessica Robinson from Wodonga with their children Lachlan, 6 and Matilda, 4. They were in line for a big breakfast at the RSL Club.
There was a long line of people waiting for breakfast at the RSL Club.
There was a long line of people waiting for breakfast at the RSL Club.
Dawn service. Nichola Morcombe, Jennifer Ryan, Hunter Ryan, 7, Jessica Bardebes, Bruno Vlahovic, Carla Jenkins and Isabelle Smillie, 8 all from Wodonga.
Dawn service. Nichola Morcombe, Jennifer Ryan, Hunter Ryan, 7, Jessica Bardebes, Bruno Vlahovic, Carla Jenkins and Isabelle Smillie, 8 all from Wodonga.
Dawn service. Fiona Marshall from Wodonga with her children Olivia Warren, 7 and Marshall Warren, 5.
Dawn service. Fiona Marshall from Wodonga with her children Olivia Warren, 7 and Marshall Warren, 5.
Dawn service. Mark and Jessie Versteegen from Wodonga.
Dawn service. Mark and Jessie Versteegen from Wodonga.
Wodonga RSL president Kevyn Williams leads the dawn service.
Wodonga RSL president Kevyn Williams leads the dawn service.
The cenotaph at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
The cenotaph at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
The crowd at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.
The crowd at the Wodonga dawn service at Woodland Grove.

DAWN broke on a clear and crisp morning in Wodonga, as RSL sub-branch president Kevyn Williams described the landing of three platoons of the leading company of the 7th Battalion on the shores at Gallipoli, 99 years ago.

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