Anzac Day dawn services a chance to pay your respects to the fallen
Lest we forget
Service, loyalty and mateship are some of the qualities that make Anzac Day special for Mossman RSL Vice President Peter Watts.
The former 110 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery bombardier, who served at Malaysia from 1965-7, will be taking part in the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Mossman cenotaph on Saturday.
“We had both the guns that looked after the runway for the mirage jets at the RAAF base,” Mr Watts says of his time in the Australian Defence Force.
“We were only a small unit, but that was our function.
“We were mainly consisting of national servicemen.”
The army veteran says Anzac Day is the biggest day on the RSL calendar and is important to Australians across the country.
“It means a great deal to me - service, loyalty with your mates,” he says.
This year is the 110th Anzac Day ceremony commemorating the 1915 Gallipoli landing of Australian and New Zealand troops during World War I - the first ceremony took place on April 25, 1916.
The dawn service at the Mossman Cenotaph on Front Street starts at 5.15am, while in Port Douglas, people will gather at Port Village in Macrossan Street from 10am for the march to the cenotaph.
The official proceedings in Anzac Park start at 10.30am.
In Cow Bay, meet at My Pathways carpark on Cape Tribulation Road at 5am and march to the Cow Bay Cenotaph, with official proceedings starting at 5.25am.
The Daintree Ferry will start operations from 4am that morning.