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Mackay Anzac Day service could be invite-only affair

‘I’m confident that Anzac Day will go off okay if everybody settles down and takes a deep breath’

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10th Feb. 2021 1:02 PM

Ken Higgins lays a wreath at the Anzac Day service at Jubilee Park in Mackay 2019.

Veteran’s tireless mission for his mates earns top honour

After fighting for our freedom, the Mackay serviceman was disgusted at what he saw in the US earlier this month.

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25th Jan. 2021 10:01 PM

RSL Mackay sub-branch president Ken Higgins. Picture: Heidi Petith

‘Noble pursuit’: Former Daily Mercury editor farewelled

Manning could find connections between two apparent strangers and had a “photographic memory” of Mackay’s topography.

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08th Dec. 2020 6:12 PM

Fellow mourners comforted Win Manning at her husband's funeral. More than 200 people farewelled former Daily Mercury editor Rod Manning at St Patrick's Catholic Church, Mackay, on Tuesday December 8. Picture: Zizi Averill

IN PICTURES: Mackay’s Remembrance ceremony

Veterans, families and leaders come together in quiet ‘healing process’ to remember those lost to war

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11th Nov. 2020 5:11 PM

Maisie Smith, 3, and Ella Smith, 4, at the Mackay Remembrance Day commemorative ceremony at Jubilee Park on Wednesday November 11, 2020. Picture: Zizi Averill

Moment of silence dredges up painful memories

‘You go back to that time when you were struggling and when you lost your mates’

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11th Nov. 2020 3:11 PM

East Timor and Afghanistan veteran Mark Preston at the Mackay Remembrance Day commemorative ceremony at Jubilee Park on Wednesday November 11, 2020. Picture: Zizi Averill

Mackay’s moment of silence to remember fallen soliders

150 veterans, family members and leaders attended the quiet, sombre ceremony at Jubilee Park

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11th Nov. 2020 2:11 PM

‘Frontline’ Mackay hub for veterans and first responders

The project is backed by Sir Peter Cosgrove, veterans Keith Payne and Ken Higgins and the Dawson MP

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03rd Nov. 2020 1:11 PM

RSL Mackay sub-branch president Ken Higgins and PTSD Frontline Chairman Dr Peter Wirth. Picture: Heidi Petith

Mackay act of kindness makes big impact on veterans

Kath Geoghegan says she wanted to do something to help during the coronavirus crisis.

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14th May 2020 5:05 AM

Mackay RSL Sub Branch Inc committee member Kerry Turner and Mackay RSL Sub Branch Inc Vice President Cliff Turner with Kath Geoghegan from the Mackay Golf Club. Picture: Tony Martin

‘United in spirit’: No wreaths for Anzacs due to virus

The Mackay district community is urged to commemorate privately and avoid laying wreaths at war memorials.

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24th April 2020 8:04 AM

Last year’s Anzac Day service at Jubilee Park featured dozens of wreaths, but this year the RSL was not encouraging people to lay wreaths.

Coronavirus claims Mackay Anzac Day commemorations

This Anzac Day, there will be no dawn service at Jubilee Park or march down Mackay’s city centre.

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16th March 2020 5:03 PM

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