Take a minute to remember
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Take a minute to remember

Residents of the Gippsland East electorate are being encouraged to pay their respects to past and present servicemen and women on Remembrance Day tomorrow.

Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, said November 11 was an important day to pause and remember.

“On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month we observe one minute of silence,” Mr Bull said.

“We pause to remember those men and women who have died or suffered in all wars and peacekeeping operations.”

Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War (1914 – 1918). In later years this day took on even greater significance as a day to pay respect to all those who have served in wars, and particularly to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Mr Bull said a number of local towns, including Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Maffra, Heyfield, Stratford and Orbost, would hold commemoration services.

“Our communities make immense contributions to war efforts for more than a century and suffered hardships and tragedy because of those contributions.

“It is important that we mark these sacrifices,” he said.

Thursday, November 10, 2016