ANZAC Day op Toronto Avenue Cemetery

ANZAC Day - Toronto Avenue Cemetery - Ploegsteert - 24/04/2026

Please find below some pictures of the commemoration on Toronto Avenue Cemetery on Friday 24 April 2025, on the eve of ANZAC Day 2025.

Please find below the detailed programme of this ceremony:

MC: Lieutenant Colonel Carney Elias

MC welcome
Opening Prayer Reverend Richard Clement
Welcome speech by Madame Alice Leeuwerck, Mayor of Comines-Warneton
Speech by RADM Richard Caton, Australian Defence Force
Hymn Abide with me - sung by Lies Verholle
ANZAC Poem read by LTCOL Ken Martin
Wreath Laying:
- H.E. Angus Campbell, Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, NATO & EU
- H.E. Jennifer Troup, New Zealand Ambassador to Belgium
- Mme Alice Leeuwerck, Mayor of Comines-Warneton
- Rear Admiral Richard Caton, Australian Defence Force
- Brigadier Pat Beath, New Zealand Defence Force
- Col d’Aviation Guy Dobbelaere, representing the Commandement Militaire de la Province de Hainaut
- Mr. Xavier Puppinck, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Mr. Francois Maekelberg, Alliance of Patriotic Associations – Comines-Warneton
- Members of the public
Ode of Remembrance English Mr Tim Lopez, Australian Department of Defence
Ode of Remembrance French Mr. François Maekelberg, Alliance of Patriotic Associations – Comines-Warneton
Last Post by Belgian Military Buglers
One Minute Silence
Rouse by Belgian Military Buglers
National anthems sung by Lies Verholle
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Belgium (in French)
Final Blessing Reverend Richard Clement
Closing remarks MC