Combined Anzac Day service for Gisborne

FRESH MEMORIES: A Gisborne Anzac Day service from the 1920s, less than 10 years after the end of World War 1 in 1918. Picture courtesy of Tairāwhiti Museum

Gisborne's Anzac Day Dawn and Civic Service combine in a joint service at 6am at the Cenotaph tomorrow.

The service also marks the centennial of the official opening of the Cenotaph in 1923.

The guest speaker will be Commander Yvonne Gray of HMNZS Manawanui.

For this service, participants are invited to meet at the Lawson Field Theatre, Fitzherbert St at 5.15am for a hot drink. Fall in at 5.45am and march to the Cenotaph, the Esplanade for a 6am combined service.

Other services around the region include:

■ Tolaga Bay, 6am Dawn Service at the Memorial Gates; 7am Tolaga Bay RSA Cemetery Service

■ Wairoa Civic Service, Fall in outside the War Memorial Hall, 97-103 Queen St, Wairoa, 11am.

■ Wairoa Marae Service, Taihoa Marae, 174 SH2, Wairoa, 9.30am.

■ Mahia Dawn Service, Kaiuku Marae, 644 Mahia East Coast Rd, Mahia, 5.45am.

■ Frasertown, Civic Service, Frasertown Cenotaph, Carroll St, 9am.