CUNNAMULLA’s small but hard-working veteran community is eagerly awaiting the town’s Anzac Day services.
According to Cunnamulla RSL Sub-Branch stalwart Bruce Allardice, who was heard on Costo’s drive show today after the 3pm news, everything for this Saturday looks to be in order, despite the local veterans group boasting just a handful of active members.
“We’ve got one Vietnam vet and one Afghan vet,” explains Mr Allardice, who served in the Army Reserve before a decade in the Royal Australian Air Force, stationed at Edinburgh in South Australia, Wagga Wagga and Williamtown in NSW, Darwin in the Top End before his final posting to RAAF Amberley.
“It was the best time of my life,” he says of his time in uniform, in between rattling off the Anzac Day program for Cunnamulla and encouraging people, both locals and visitors, to attend.
For the dawn service, the muster is at 5.30am in front of the old RSL building at the corner of Louise and John Streets whilst the muster for the main service is at 10.30am outside the Court House.
A highlight of this year’s commemorations at Cunnamulla will be the presence of retired soldiers from the 49th Battalion.
Also on Saturday, Cunnamulla has its traditional Anzac Day race meeting, hosted by the Cunnamulla & Districts Diggers Race Club.
The Last Post will be played at 1pm, 30 minutes before the first race.
Elsewhere in the Paroo Shire, at Eulo, the Anzac Day service is scheduled to commence at 10am at the school before the march to the cenotaph.
Wyandra’s dawn service is at 5.30am at the cenotaph, followed by the muster at 9.15am at the post office before stepping off for the march at 9.30am.
A dawn service is also being held at Yowah, starting at 6am outside the general store before proceeding to the monument.
PHOTO: Cunnamulla RSL Sub-Branch stalwart Bruce Allardice in front of the town’s centotaph in the lead-up to Saturday’s Anzac Day commemorations.
POSTED: Wednesday, April 22, 2026