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Remembrance Day ceremony outline
[pdf file, 167K] (DVA)
Remembrance Day ceremony outline [pdf file, 167K] (Department of Veterans' Affairs)
Covers the flag protocol (lowering the flag to half mast), catafalque party (guard of four service personnel used in a formal ceremony), hymn, prayer/reading/poem, commemorative address, wreath/poppy laying, the Ode, the Last Post, Minute's Silence, the Rouse, the National Anthem.


Order of Service: Outline for a Commemorative Event (Department of Veterans' Affairs)
Includes details of elements of the ceremony, in particular the catafalque party, the introduction, list of hymns, prayers and poems with links to words, advice on the address with links to "further inspiration", wreath and poppy laying procedure, the Ode of Remembrance, the Last Post, information about the Silence, the Rouse.

 

Speeches:

● Quentin Bryce, Governor-General (2010 Remembrance Day speech)

● Prof. Kim Beazley [Word doc] (Australian War Memorial Anniversary Oration, 11 November 2009)

● General Peter Cosgrove (2009 Remembrance Day commemorative address)

● Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister (Remembrance Day Address, 11 November 2008)

● Dr B. Addison, Brisbane Girls Grammar School (A Remembrance Day Reflection, 11 November 2008)

● John Howard, Prime Minister (Remembrance Day Speech, 11 November 1997)

● Major General Michael Jeffery, Governor-General  (Remembrance Day Commemoration, Wollongong, 11 November 2005)

● Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston, Chief of the Defence Force (Remembrance Day Commemorative Address, 11 November 2005)

● Paul Keating, Prime Minister (Remembrance Day Speech: funeral service for the Unknown Australian Soldier, 11 November 1993)

● David Cunliffe, New Zealand Government Minister (Remembrance Day Address, St Matthews in the City, Auckland, 11 November 2006)

 

 


Poems:
 

Ode of Remembrance (Wikipedia)
- Taken from For the Fallen (Wikipedia)

The Ode of Remembrance (dva.gov.au)

In Flanders Fields (Wikipedia)

We Shall Keep the Faith (Wikipedia)

The War Poetry Website (warpoetry.co.uk)
"Poems for Remembrance Day and Peace Events."

 Their Spirit: Our History [pdf]  (awm.gov.au)
See page 37 for:
- In Flanders fields
- We shall keep the faith
- The farmer remembers the Somme
and page 38 for:
- the Ode

 ● See also Anzac Day poems (but note that some are suitable for Anzac Day rather than Remembrance Day)
 

 

Music and songs:

For our list of bugle calls, anthems and hymns, see:

● Music for Remembrance Day ceremonies



Activities:

See also Poppy Time jigsaw puzzles (poppytime.com)
- In Flanders Fields jigsaw puzzle
- The Ode jigsaw puzzle
 

 
  Activities involving speeches Remembering and Commemorating [pdf] (anzacday.org.au)
An activity for students that first presents two Anzac Day speeches:
- Eulogy at the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier (Paul Keating, Australian  Prime Minister, 11 November 1993), and
- Eulogy at the Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown New Zealand Warrior (Dame Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand Governor-General, 11 November 2004)
then presents Gallipoli in a Nation's Remembrance, an article by Les Carlyon, along with nine questions for students to answer.
    See also:

● Remembrance Day Websites

● Music for Remembrance Day ceremonies

● Remembrance Day lesson materials

● Anzac Day ceremonies

● Memorials and Rolls

● Anzac Day Websites

 

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