Hinterland residents gathered for moving tributes at Dawn Services, marches and ceremonies to remember the fallen today (April 25). 

Touching ceremonies were held across towns and local communities to commemorate 108 years since thousands of Australian and New Zealand troops landed at the Gallipoli Peninsula in World War I.

Schools and community groups joined service men and women at war memorials in Nambour, Woombye, Palmwoods, Yandina, Maleny Montville, Mapleton and Kenilworth to lay wreaths, listen to past experiences from veterans and reflect in silence as The Last Post rang out.

The Nambour Dawn Service heard from Lex Nosworthy the great nephew of  Claude Bonner Nosworthy who  survived campaigns in Gallipoli, the Middle East, and the Western Front during World War I. After the war, he was to settle and marry in Nambour. However, tragedy struck in 1922 when he drowned while attempting to rescue swimmers caught in a rip at Maroochydore. 

Lex thanked Nambour RSL for its efforts in honouring his great uncle. He will now be remembered alongside his fellow servicemen with a new plaque at Nambour’s Memorial Park. 

A large contingent then took part in the Main Parade to Quota Park. Member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien told the service Anzac Day was an occasion that brought the country together. “One of the things that marks Australia is our enormous capacity to unite,” he said. “What unites Australia is a common set of values and there is no greater value than the value of freedom. And today on Anzac Day we pay tribute to the men and women who fought for that freedom.”