Please find below some photos of the yearly Anzac commemoration at Messines. Each year a ceremony takes place in the New Zealand Memorial Park.

The weather was good and the park look brilliant. Thanks to the peopleof the CWGC for the excellent work.





Arrival of the Maori Cultural Group.









Arrival of the VIP's.















National anthems of Belgium and New Zealand.















Prayers.



Address by Ambassador Gregory Andrews.







A reading by Major General Peter Kelly, Chief of Army, representing the New Zealand Defence Force.





Youth reading s by Leonor Teixeira and Calum Grassick.







Laying of the wreaths.





























The Ode



The Last Post







End of the ceremony.









The Chief of Army at the information panel.









And a number of group photos.



















A wreath was also to be laid at the city monument on the market square of Messines. However the wreath could not be found.







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