Hosting A Remembrance Day service
Timings
In accordance with tradition, the Remembrance Day Service commences in sufficient time to allow the one or two minutes silence to commence at 11 am. Services normally commence at 10.30 or 10.40 am, depending on the duration intended. These timings should not be changed at the whim of a Member(s), merely because the duration of the service cannot be estimated. Remembrance Day Services should not commence at 11 am.
Period of silence
At Remembrance Day Services conducted by RSL organisations, a period of silence of not more than two minutes is to be observed.
Order of service
A suggested Order of Service for Remembrance Day can be downloaded below. This order is recommended for all other Commemoration Services, other than on ANZAC Day, with the ANF to be lowered to half-mast 30 minutes before the start of the service and raised to full-mast during Rouse.”
Learn More about Remembrance Day
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History of Remembrance Day
At 11.00 am on 11 November, 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous war. In November the Germans called for an armistice (suspension of fighting) in order to secure a peace settlement.
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Features of Remembrance Day
To honour the fallen. To respect the returned. To salute the serving. Features of Remembrance Day such as The Ode, the Poppy and the Reveille are long-standing traditions of Remembrance Day events.
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Honouring our veterans
On Remembrance Day we urge all Australians to observe at least one minutes silence to remember those who bravely served our country. You can also donate or purchase a poppy to support veterans and their families.