WHEN Bathurst gathers to commemorate Anzac Day at the War Memorial Carillon later this month, the city will be honouring more servicemen and women than ever.
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Workers spent Thursday afternoon affixing the words Gulf War, East Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan and Peacekeeping Operations to the George Street face of the Carillon - along with Lest We Forget on all the remaining faces of the memorial – to recognise those who have served in the most recent overseas campaigns.
The Carillon was built in the 1930s and originally served as a memorial to local soldiers who fought and died in World War 1.
Since then, though, it has been updated to include the dates of World War 2 (1939-1945) and the conflicts in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The Returned and Services League of Australia Bathurst Sub-Branch put a proposal to Bathurst Regional Council last June to “acknowledge post Vietnam conflicts by permitting the fixing of additional lettering to the Bathurst War Memorial Carillon”.
Anzac Day is on Tuesday, April 25.
