General News
13 November, 2025
Warracknabeal remembers all who served
Warracknabeal paused to remember the supreme sacrifice paid by Australian soldiers in all conflicts on Remembrance Day.
About 70 people attended the service by the Warracknabeal RSL at the Cenotaph in front of the Post Office, with schools and community groups laying wreaths in honour of the fallen.
A special mention was made of those from the Warracknabeal area who lost their lives in World War I.
Their names are engraved on the Cenotaph, which bears the inscription: A grateful tribute to the men of the Shire of Borung who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War of 1914- 1919.
Every year, one minute of silence is observed at 11am on November 11 in Australia and other Commonwealth nations, while Remembrance Day marks the end of World War 1 and the loss of Australian lives from all wars.
The significance of the day and time of the annual services marks the exact time the guns fell silent across the Western Front and the war ended; the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, as the armistice was signed between the German and the Allied Forces or Entente as it can be called.
The First World War, in its time, was the most destructive conflict experienced by humanity, and it was hoped that it would be the last, but as history shows, World War II followed, and there have been many more conflicts.
Many wear badges or a red poppy on Remembrance Day to commemorate the fallen soldiers of WWI.
Students from St Mary's Catholic Primary School attended the service to lay a wreath. They wore the handmade poppies they had made in preparation for the special occasion.
The Australian flag at the Cenotaph was lowered to half-mast.
In military tradition, a bugler played the Last Post, which signified the end of the service, and the Ode was read by a member of the RSL.
While the name Remembrance Day is common in Commonwealth countries, the day is observed globally in various forms to mark the end of WWI.
