ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2026

Next date: Saturday, 25 April 2026 | 04:45 AM to 06:00 AM

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ANZAC march

March participants assemble at the corner of Albert Avenue and Victor Street. The march commences at 4:45 am.

Dawn Service

The march will be followed by Dawn Service from 5 am, held at the Garden of Remembrance, 69 Albert Avenue, Chatswood.

All Dawn Service attendees are invited back to Chatswood RSL Club for morning tea.

Download Order of Commemoration(PDF, 431KB) document.

Order of Commemoration

Pre Dawn Service music and seating


Posting of Catafalque Party and Flag Attendant
By courtesy of 'A' company, 2/17 Royal NSW Regiment


Dawn Service March of ex-servicemen and women
Led by Willoughby City Band and Marshal Mr Garry Brigden


Song – We are Australian
Chatswood High School Senior Vocal Ensemble


Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
Mr Barney Flanagan OAM, Master of Ceremonies


The Lord’s Prayer
David Sutcliffe, Team Leader, The Salvation Army, Northside Chatswood


Solo – The Lord’s My Shepherd (Psalm 23)
Mrs Rhys Kitto, Soloist, Willoughby City Band


Laying of official wreaths at the Cross of Sacrifice

Flowers of the Forest
Mr Stuart Robertson, Piper


Prologue
Mr Garry Brigden, Deputy President, Chatswood RSL Club


Hymn - O God, Our Help in Ages Past (sung by all)
Led by Soloist, Mrs Rhys Kitto, Willoughby City Band

O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.

O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while life shall last.
And our eternal home.


Prayer of Thanksgiving
Her Worship The Mayor of Willoughby, Councillor Tanya Taylor


ANZAC commemoration address
Milan Shad-Sharpe and Malak Abdelraham, Willoughby Girls High School


Hymn – The Recessional
Willoughby City Band (sung by all)

God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine;
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget – lest we forget!

The tumult and the shouting dies;
The Captains and the Kings depart;
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget – lest we forget!


Let us commemorate the fallen
Mr Craig Murray, President, Chatswood RSL Club


Solo – Abide With Me
Mrs Rhys Kitto, Soloist, Willoughby City Band


Ode – To The Fallen
Mr Barney Flanagan OAM, President, Chatswood RSL Sub-Branch


The Last Post
Matthew Hyam, Bugler, Willoughby City Band


Silence


Reveille
Matthew Hyam, Bugler, Willoughby City Band


National Anthem – Advance Australia Fair
Chatswood High School Senior Vocal Ensemble
Accompanied by Willoughby City Band
(sung by all)


The Benediction
David Sutcliffe, Team Leader, The Salvation Army, Northside Chatswood


Dismount Catafalque Party


March-off, dispersal

Acknowledgments

The Chatswood Willoughby ANZAC Dawn Service and Commemoration Committee

Committee: Mr Barney Flanagan OAM, Mr Garry Brigden, Mr Malcolm Dimmock, Lieutenant Colonel Matt Vertzonis CSM RFD (Ret’d), Miss Christina Ng (Co-ordinator), and Bernard Lau, Willoughby City Council

(Under auspices of Chatswood Sub-Branch of the R.S.L., Willoughby Legion Chapter; and Council and Councillors of the City of Willoughby).

Our sincere thanks to all who assisted in this Service.

Welfare officers

Chatswood R.S.L. Sub-Branch and Willoughby Legion Chapter

 446 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood
Mr Barney Flanagan OAM. 0408 424 978

When

  • Saturday, 25 April 2026 | 04:45 AM - 06:00 AM

Location

March participants assemble at corner of Albert Avenue and Victor Street. Dawn Service commences at Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood.

Garden of Remembrance, 69 Albert Ave, Chatswood, 2067, View Map

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