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ANZAC Day Services Across Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Date: 25 April 2010
Time: 8am
Location: Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0M8
Details: ANZAC service hosted jointly by the Australian and New Zealand High Commissions and followed by a gunfire breakfast in the Museum's cafeteria.
Dress: Uniform/Business Attire
Contact: Mr. Dallas Frazer dallas.frazer@dfat.gov.au
St John's, Newfoundland
Date: 24 April, 2010
Time: 9:15am
Location: Adjacent to Branch 56 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Pleasantville
Details: Service followed by reception at Branch 56 Royal Canadian Legion, Pleasantville.
Dress: Uniform/Business.
Contact: Capt Ken Lutz kenneth.lutz@forces.gc.ca
Please note: HRH Princess Anne will be a royal guest at this event.
The 1st Bn, Royal Newfoundland Regiment will be on parade by 9:15am with HRH expected to arrive at 9:40am.
The subsequent reception is scheduled to commence at 10:30am at the Royal Canadian Legion.
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment shares an ANZAC history with Australia in that it was on the 25th of April 1795 that the Regiment was raised and it is on this date that they now celebrate their unit birthday as well as commemorate their participation as the only North American unit to fight in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Date: 25 April, 2009
Time: 6:30am
Location: Fort Massey Cemetery, cnr of Queen and South Streets, at the grave of SGT Selwyn Keith Loveday (RAAF).
Details: Service followed breakfast at "Smitty's", cnr Spring Garden and Tower Roads.
Dress: Uniform/Business.
Contact: LCDR Bob Dunn on e-mail: Robert.dunn3@forces.gc.ca or cell: +1 (902) 449 0493
Toronto, Ontario
Date: 25 April, 2010
Time: 6:15am
Location: Canadian Forces College, 215 Yonge Boulevard, Toronto, ON.
Dress: Uniform/Business.
Service Contact: Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Rawlins, Directing Staff (CFC), rawlins@cfc.dnd.ca, +1-647-4826800 ext.6885 (wk)
Please Note: Attendance is open to serving military personnel and the general public.
As the service is held on a Canadian Forces base all civilian personnel are required to pre-register their attendance through the Australian Consul-General in Toronto to allow entry. Failure to pre-register may result in a delay in your entrance onto the base.
Attendance Contact: In order to pre-register, please e-mail your name, address and licence details to Chiara.Blair@austrade.gov.au or telephone +1 416-323-9435 to provide the same information.
Edmonton, Alberta
Date: 25 April, 2010
Time: 8:00 am
Location: Edmonton City Hall
Dress: Dress appropriately for weather, Military Members should wear ceremonial equivalent with medals.
Contact: Lt Jason Pascoe jason.pascoe@forces.gc.ca or Greg Fox downunder_prez@yahoo.ca
Additional Information: A 'Gunfire Breakfast' will be held at the Kingsway Legion following the Service for a small fee.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Date: 25 April 2010
Time: 10am
Location: Victory Square Park, corner of Hastings and Cambie Streets, Vancouver
Dress: Uniform/Casual.
Contact: CANZBA: info@canzba.org
Additional Information: see www.canzba.org
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